The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)
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.
Director: Detlef Siebert
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-the-somme
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Peter Barich as Sharples |
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Darren Black as Maxwell's ADC |
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Steffan Boje as Hinkel |
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Eric Carte as Lt-Gen. Morland |
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Ben Goddard as Lt. Walton |
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Ben Goddard as Mellor |
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Wolf Kahler as General von Plessen |
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Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt as General von Soden |
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Thorston Manderlay as Schmitt |
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Iain McKee as Fiddes |
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Iain McKee as Routledge |
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Crispin Redman as Lt-Col. Maxwell |
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Erich Redman as Hassler |
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Mike Rogers as Captain Tweed |
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Benedict Sandiford as Captain Johnston |
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John Shortell as Stammler |
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Alisdair Simpson as Himself - Narrator (voice) |
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Peter Stark as Knaupp |
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Martin Turner as Maj-Gen. Perceval |
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John Vine as Brig-Gen. Shoubridge |
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Adam Webb as Edwards |
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Georg Alfred Wittner as Captain Fischer |
| Production | Matthew Barrett | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Detlef Siebert | Director |
| Writing | Detlef Siebert | Writer |
| Camera | Martin Patmore | Director of Photography |
| Production | David Higginson | Line Producer |
| Production | Bill Howard | Executive Producer |
| Production | Detlef Siebert | Producer |
| Production | Volker Zielke | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Alasdair Reid | Music |
| Editing | Alan Lygo | Editor |
| Production | Carl Proctor | Casting |
