Released
The Trench
September 17 1999 (over 25 years ago)Rating
55
Based on
84 reviews
- Director: William Boyd
- Genres: War, History
- Runtime: 1 h 38 m
- Countries: France, United Kingdom
- Companies: Portman Entertainment Group, British Screen, The Arts Council, Bonaparte Films Ltd, Skyline Films, Galatée Films, Canal+
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.
