Rent The Trench (1999)
3.2 of 5 from 80 ratings
1h 34min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Set in the 48 hours leading up to the catastrophic Battle of the Somme, this is the intense story of young men at war as seen through the eyes of 17-year old Billy Macfarlane (Paul Nicholls). As the boys wait for the attack, alternately excited and terrified, this group of naive soldiers is forced to confront the reality of the enemy as the suspense reaches breaking point. When Billy's platoon is ordered to go with the first wave of attackers, the awful truth of what they're about to undergo begins to impact. And as the whistles blow, the boys clamber over the top to face their individual destinies.
- Actors:
- Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Danny Dyer, James D'Arcy, Tam Williams, Antony Strachan, Michael Moreland, Adrian Lukis, Ciarán McMenamin, Cillian Murphy, John Higgins, Ben Whishaw, Tim Murphy, Danny Nutt, Charles Cartmell, Tom Mullion, Jenny Pickering, Tom Silburn, Dahren Davey
- Directors:
- William Boyd
- Producers:
- Steve Clark-Hall
- Writers:
- William Boyd
- Studio:
- Entertainment In Video
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Collections:
- Cinema and the First World War
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/01/2020
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of The Trench
Human story in an inhuman environment - The Trench review by CP Customer
The film tells the story of the days leading up to one of the worst battle of WW1. This isn't a war movie with bloody fights - the film ends when the battle commences, but about the very young soldiers waiting in the trench - their fears or eagerness or even the knowledge that they may not survive the gruesome combat. A lot of well known young actors in one of their first movies.
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