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The Trench

Year:
Duration:
98 min
Genres:
Drama | War
IMDB rate:
6.1
Director:
William Boyd
Awards:
2 nominations
Details
Country: France
Release Date: 1999-09-17
Filming Locations: Bray Film Studios, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Paul Nicholls
Pte. Billy Macfarlane
Daniel Craig
Sgt. Telford Winter
Julian Rhind-Tutt
2nd Lt. Ellis Harte
Danny Dyer
Lance Cpl. Victor Dell
James D'Arcy
Pte. Colin Daventry
Tam Williams
Pte. Eddie Macfarlane
Anthony Strachan
Pte. Horace Beckwith
Michael Moreland
Pte. George Hogg
Adrian Lukis
Lt. Col. Villiers
Ciarán McMenamin
Pte. Charlie Ambrose
John Higgins
Pte. Cornwallis
Ben Whishaw
Pte. James Deamis
Tim Murphy
Pte. Bone
Danny Nutt
Pte. Dieter Zimmermann
Charles Cartmell
Harold Faithfull
Tom Mullion
Nelson
Jenny Pickering
Maria Corrigan
Tom Silburn
Platoon Member
Dahren Davey
Platoon Member
Jamie Newell
Platoon Member
Liam King
Platoon Member
Stan Charity
Platoon Member
Luke Duckett
Platoon Member
Chris Bridgeman
Platoon Member
Guy Barrett
Platoon Member
Jamie Wilson
Platoon Member
Did you know?
Trivia
Film debut of Ben Whishaw.
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In preparation for the film, the director sent the main cast to a replica trench for a night to experience the conditions the British army suffered.
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The first partnership between Daniel Craig and Ben Whishaw. Both would appear also in Layer Cake (2004), Enduring Love (2004) and Skyfall (2012).
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Goofs
When Eddie looks out the loophole, no mans land is a clear green field. When the Winter and Beckwith do the raid, Beckwith claims there is a a ton of wire left. During the final attack, there is no wire. Also, due to the weeks of bombing it is likely that the ground would be a bit rough and muddy.
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The shelling of German trenches and the nomansland before the actual attack was immense. First of all the shelling would have been deafening, secondly, the nomansland would have been a moon-like scenery full of craters and barbwire, not a nice meadow.
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Quotes
Pte. Horace Beckwith: How'd I look, Sarge?
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Sgt. Telford Winter: Ya got Jocks to the left of you, Micks to the right. Thats all you need to know for now.
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Title Card: In the high summer of 1916, in Northern France, the British Army prepared for the biggest offensive of the First World War. As hundreds of thousands of troops massed in the rear, waiting for the order to attack, a reduced force was put in place to hold the front line trenches. Is this interesting? Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options [last lines] Title Card: On the 1st July 1916 - the first day of the Battle of Somme - 60,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, most of those in the first two hours of the attack. It remains the bloodiest day of slaughter in the history of the British Army. Is this interesting? Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options Pte. Charlie Ambrose: [in a mocking whine] You can tell your grandchildren, I was wounded by a flyin' tooth.
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Photos from cast
Cillian Murphy
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