Director Sam Mendes
Genre Drama | War
Cast Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay
Rating R
Release Date January 10th, 2020
“Two British soldiers experience one harrowing day while fighting in World War I in 1917.”
Directed and co-written by Sam Mendes, the man who brought us American Beauty, Jarhead, and Skyfall, 1917 is a war drama that tells the story of two young British soldiers during the First World War, who are given an impossible mission: deliver a message, deep in enemy territory, that will stop their own men, and Blake's own brother, walking straight into a deadly trap. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, 1917:
Sections of the film were shot in and around Low Force, on the River Tees, Teesdale in June 2019. The production staff had to install signs warning walkers in the area not be alarmed by the bodies strewn around the site as they were prosthetic.
2020 Golden Globe Winner for Best Motion Picture and Best Director.