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The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)
Directed by Detlef Siebert
History, War, Documentary · 58m
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.
Cast
P
Peter Barich
Sharples
D
Darren Black
Maxwell's ADC
Steffan Boje
Hinkel
Eric Carte
Lt-Gen. Morland
B
Ben Goddard
Lt. Walton
B
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
Crew
- Director
- Detlef Siebert
- Writer
- Detlef Siebert
- Director of Photography
- Martin Patmore
- Editor
- Alan Lygo
- Producer
- Detlef Siebert
Details
- Release date
- 2006-07-02
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- History, War, Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC, NDR, The Open University