The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
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58 minutes
7/2/2006
Overview
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 List
Peter Barich
as Sharples
Darren Black
as Maxwell's ADC
Steffan Boje
as Hinkel
Eric Carte
as Lt-Gen. Morland
Ben Goddard
as Lt. Walton
Ben Goddard
as Mellor
Wolf Kahler
as General von Plessen
Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt
as General von Soden
Thorston Manderlay
as Schmitt
Iain McKee
as Fiddes
Iain McKee
as Routledge
Crispin Redman
as Lt-Col. Maxwell
Erich Redman
as Hassler
Mike Rogers
as Captain Tweed
Benedict Sandiford
as Captain Johnston
John Shortell
as Stammler
Alisdair Simpson
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Peter Stark
as Knaupp
Martin Turner
as Maj-Gen. Perceval
John Vine
as Brig-Gen. Shoubridge
Adam Webb
as Edwards
Georg Alfred Wittner
as Captain Fischer