The Trench

September. 17,1999      
Rating:
5.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Daniel Craig as  Sgt. Telford Winter
Danny Dyer as  Lance Cpl. Victor Dell
James D'Arcy as  Pte. Colin Daventry
Paul Nicholls as  Pte. Billy Macfarlane
Julian Rhind-Tutt as  2nd Lt. Ellis Harte
Ciarán McMenamin as  Pte. Charlie Ambrose
Cillian Murphy as  Rag Rookwood
Ben Whishaw as  Pte. James Deamis
Adrian Lukis as  Lt. Col. Villiers
Tam Williams as  Pte. Eddie Macfarlane

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