The Trench

Storyline

The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' experience as a mixture of boredom, fear, panic, and restlessness, confined to a trench on the front lines.

Top Cast

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig

Sgt. Telford Winter

Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer

Lance Cpl. Victor Dell

James D'Arcy

James D'Arcy

Pte. Colin Daventry

Paul Nicholls

Paul Nicholls

Pte. Billy Macfarlane

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Julian Rhind-Tutt

2nd Lt. Ellis Harte

Ciarán McMenamin

Ciarán McMenamin

Pte. Charlie Ambrose

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Rag Rookwood

Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

Pte. James Deamis

Adrian Lukis

Adrian Lukis

Lt. Col. Villiers

Tam Williams

Tam Williams

Pte. Eddie Macfarlane

Anthony Strachan

Anthony Strachan

Pte. Horace Beckwith

Michael Moreland

Michael Moreland

Pte. George Hogg

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John Higgins

Pte. Cornwallis

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Danny Nutt

Pte. Dieter Zimmermann

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Tim Murphy

Pte. Bone

Director

William Boyd

Writers

William Boyd

Status

Released

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