War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme (2014)

War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme

2014 | Spojené království, USA | 89 minut

Originální název: War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
Žánr: Dokumentární, Historický, TV film
Hrají: Jean Moorcroft Wilson, Michael Sheen, Jonathon Riley, Michael Symmons Roberts, Charlotte Zeepvat, Nigel Steel, Christophe Fricker, Jon Stallworthy, John Garth, Peter Barton, Max Egremont, Paul O'Prey, William Graves , další...

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.

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                                Jean Moorcroft Wilson
                                
                                        Herself - Biographer, Siegfried Sassoon
                                
                                Michael Sheen
                                
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                                Jonathon Riley
                                
                                        Himself - Royal Welch Fusiliers
                                
                                Michael Symmons Roberts
                                
                                        Himself - Poet
                                
                                Charlotte Zeepvat
                                
                                        Herself - Biographer, W.N. Hodgson
                                
                                Nigel Steel
                                
                                        Himself - Principal Historian, Imperial War Museums
                                
                                Christophe Fricker
                                
                                        Himself - Literary Historian
                                
                                Jon Stallworthy
                                
                                        Himself - Editor, The Oxford Book of War Poetry
                                
                                John Garth
                                
                                        Himself - Author, Tolkien and the Great War
                                
                                Peter Barton
                                
                                        Himself - First World War Historian
                                
                                Max Egremont
                                
                                        Himself - Biographer, Siegfried Sassoon
                                
                                Paul O'Prey
                                
                                        Himself - Editor, Selected Poems: Robert Graves
                                
                                William Graves
                                
                                        Himself - Son of Robert Graves