The Trench
5.3(109) 1999-09-17 98 minWarHistory
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.
DirectorWilliam Boyd
Original Music ComposerEvelyn Glennie
WriterWilliam Boyd
Original Music ComposerGreg Malcangi
ProducerSteve Clark-Hall
Cast & characters
Daniel Craig
as Sgt. Telford Winter
Danny Dyer
as Lance Cpl. Victor Dell
James D'Arcy
as Pte. Colin Daventry
Paul Nicholls
as Pte. Billy Macfarlane
Julian Rhind-Tutt
as 2nd Lt. Ellis Harte
Ciarán McMenamin
as Pte. Charlie Ambrose
Cillian Murphy
as Rag Rookwood
Ben Whishaw
as Pte. James Deamis
Adrian Lukis
as Lt. Col. Villiers
Tam Williams
as Pte. Eddie Macfarlane
Anthony Strachan
as Pte. Horace Beckwith
Michael Moreland
as Pte. George Hogg
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John Higgins
as Pte. Cornwallis
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Danny Nutt
as Pte. Dieter Zimmermann
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Tim Murphy
as Pte. Bone
