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The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

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Calorie Rating: 81
Released: 2006-07-02
Running Time: 58 Minutes
Homepage: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-the-somme
Studios: BBC, NDR, The Open University,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Peter Barich
Character: Sharples
Darren Black
Character: Maxwell's ADC
Steffan Boje
Character: Hinkel

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

Wolf Kahler
Character: General von Plessen
RĂ¼diger Kuhlbrodt
Character: General von Soden
Thorston Manderlay
Character: Schmitt

Iain McKee
Character: Fiddes
Iain McKee
Character: Routledge
Crispin Redman
Character: Lt-Col. Maxwell

Erich Redman
Character: Hassler
Mike Rogers
Character: Captain Tweed
Benedict Sandiford
Character: Captain Johnston

John Shortell
Character: Stammler
Alisdair Simpson
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice)
Peter Stark
Character: Knaupp

Martin Turner
Character: Maj-Gen. Perceval
John Vine
Character: Brig-Gen. Shoubridge
Adam Webb
Character: Edwards

Georg Alfred Wittner
Character: Captain Fischer


Production and Crew

David Higginson
Line Producer
Bill Howard
Executive Producer

Volker Zielke
Co-Producer

Matthew Barrett
Executive Producer

Martin Patmore
Director of Photography