About The Somme
Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of soldiers who were there.
Full Cast of The Somme
Tilda Swinton
plays Narrator
Ed Stoppard
plays Captain Charlie May
Paul Popplewell
plays Greenhalgh
Patrick Kennedy
plays Sergeant Richard H. Tawney
Martin Hancock
plays Andrews
Raymond Waring
plays Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy
Robert Cambrinus
plays Franz Cassel
Crew of The Somme