The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

2006

History War Documentary

Synopsis

Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German soldiers. It shows how the major lessons learned by the British Army leadership after the disastrous first attacks of July 1916 were turned into victory at the second attempt in September 1916, arguably the turning point for the First World War.

Credits

Director

Detlef Siebert

Cast

Ben Goddard as Lt. Walton

Ben Goddard as Mellor

Darren Black as Maxwell's ADC

Eric Carte as Lt-Gen. Morland

Iain McKee as Fiddes

Peter Barich as Sharples

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt as General von Soden

Steffan Boje as Hinkel