
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Peter Barich
Sharples
Darren Black
Maxwell's ADC

Steffan Boje
Hinkel

Eric Carte
Lt-Gen. Morland
Ben Goddard
Lt. Walton
Ben Goddard
Mellor

Wolf Kahler
General von Plessen

Rรผdiger Kuhlbrodt
General von Soden

Thorston Manderlay
Schmitt

Iain McKee
Fiddes

Iain McKee
Routledge

Crispin Redman
Lt-Col. Maxwell

Erich Redman
Hassler
Mike Rogers
Captain Tweed
Detlef Siebert
Director, Producer
Martin Patmore
Cinematography
Alasdair Reid
Music