War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
The 1916 Battle of the Somme remains the most famous battle of World War I, remembered for its bloodshed and its limited territorial gains. What is often overlooked, however, is the literary importance of the Somme: more writers and poets fought in it than in any other battle in history. Narrated by Michael Sheen, War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme details the experiences of the poets and writers who served in the battle. The work of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg and JRR Tolkien (who arrived at the Western Front with ambitions to be a poet) was informed and transformed by the battle. Taken together, their experiences allow us to see this dreadful historical event through multiple points of view. The film uses animation, documentary accounts, surviving artefacts, battalion war diaries and the landscape itself to reconnect this literature to the events that inspired it.
Year: 2014
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie, War
Studio: Parapet Productions, BBC Arts, BBC
Director: Sebastian Barfield
Cast: Michael Sheen, Peter Barton, Max Egremont, Christophe Fricker, John Garth, William Graves
Crew: Steve Burrell (Production Design), Libby Redden (Animation), Tim Marriot (Production Design), Ed Ison (Editor), Alison Shouls (Production Manager), Hugh Cowling (Animation)
Runtime: 89 minutes
Release: Nov 15, 2014
IMDb: 9.50/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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