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The Trench (1999) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 17, 1999

Original Title:
The Trench

Alternate Titles:
Der Schützengraben - Die Schlacht an der Somme
La trinchera
Skyttegraven
Verdun 1916 - Sterben im Schützengraben

Genres:
History | War

Production Companies:
Bonaparte Films Ltd
British Screen
Canal+
Galatée Films
Portman Entertainment Group
Skyline Films
The Arts Council

Production Countries:
France | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  GB: 15 

Runtime: 98

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Art Direction:
Phil Harvey

Casting:
Jennifer Duffy
Mary Selway

Costume Design:
Lindy Hemming
David Crossman

Director:
William Boyd

Director of Photography:
Tony Pierce-Roberts

Editor:
Jim Clark
Laurence Méry-Clark

Executive Producer:
Xavier Marchand

Foley Artist:
Pauline Griffiths
Jenny Lee Wright

Hair Designer:
Ann Buchanan

Line Producer:
Mairi Bett

Makeup Artist:
Kevin Alexander
Susan Howard
Ann Buchanan

Original Music Composer:
Evelyn Glennie
Greg Malcangi

Producer:
Steve Clark-Hall

Production Design:
Jim Clay

Set Decoration:
Val Wolstenholme

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tim Cavagin

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Chris Lyons

Special Effects Technician:
Gary Cohen
Simon Cockren
Richard Van Den Bergh
Graham Longhurst
Graham Hills

Writer:
William Boyd

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