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The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

"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

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Peter Barich

as Sharples

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Darren Black

as Maxwell's ADC

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Steffan Boje

as Hinkel

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Eric Carte

as Lt-Gen. Morland

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Ben Goddard

as Lt. Walton

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Ben Goddard

as Mellor

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Wolf Kahler

as General von Plessen

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Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

as General von Soden

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Thorston Manderlay

as Schmitt

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Iain McKee

as Fiddes

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Iain McKee

as Routledge

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Crispin Redman

as Lt-Col. Maxwell

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Erich Redman

as Hassler

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Mike Rogers

as Captain Tweed

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Benedict Sandiford

as Captain Johnston

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John Shortell

as Stammler

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Alisdair Simpson

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

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Peter Stark

as Knaupp

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Martin Turner

as Maj-Gen. Perceval

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John Vine

as Brig-Gen. Shoubridge

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Adam Webb

as Edwards

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Georg Alfred Wittner

as Captain Fischer

Crew

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Detlef Siebert

Director

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Detlef Siebert

Writer

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Martin Patmore

Director of Photography

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Matthew Barrett

Executive Producer

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David Higginson

Line Producer

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Carl Proctor

Casting

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Bill Howard

Executive Producer

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Alan Lygo

Editor

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Volker Zielke

Co-Producer

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Detlef Siebert

Producer

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Alasdair Reid

Music