The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
Release: 2006-07-02
·Runtime: 58m
History
War
Documentary
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.
Production Countries
Germany
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
NDR
The Open University
Cast
Steffan Boje
as Hinkel
Eric Carte
as Lt-Gen. Morland
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
Benedict Sandiford
as Captain Johnston
Alisdair Simpson
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Peter Stark
as Knaupp
John Vine
as Brig-Gen. Shoubridge
Georg Alfred Wittner
as Captain Fischer