The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
2006HistoryWarDocumentary58 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 Ar... read more

  • Detlef Siebert

    Director

  • Detlef Siebert

    Writer

  • Martin Patmore

    Director of Photography

  • Alan Lygo

    Editor

  • Peter Barich

    Sharples

  • Darren Black

    Maxwell's ADC

  • Steffan Boje

    Hinkel

  • Eric Carte

    Lt-Gen. Morland

  • Ben Goddard

    Lt. Walton

  • Ben Goddard

    Mellor

  • Wolf Kahler

    General von Plessen

  • Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

    General von Soden

  • Thorston Manderlay

    Schmitt

  • Iain McKee

    Fiddes

  • Iain McKee

    Routledge

  • Crispin Redman

    Lt-Col. Maxwell

  • Erich Redman

    Hassler

  • Mike Rogers

    Captain Tweed

  • Benedict Sandiford

    Captain Johnston

  • John Shortell

    Stammler

  • Alisdair Simpson

    Himself - Narrator (voice)

  • Peter Stark

    Knaupp

  • Martin Turner

    Maj-Gen. Perceval

  • John Vine

    Brig-Gen. Shoubridge

  • Adam Webb

    Edwards

  • Georg Alfred Wittner

    Captain Fischer

    • Runtime

    58 minutes

    Released

    2006-07-02

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    BBC

    NDR

    The Open University

    Sound

  • Alasdair Reid

    Music

    • Updated

    984 days ago

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