Taglines: Time is the enemy.
At the height of the First World War during Spring 1917 in northern France, two young British soldiers, Schofield (George MacKay) and Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), are given a seemingly impossible mission to deliver a message which will warn of an ambush during one of the skirmishes soon after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich.
The two recruits race against time, crossing enemy territory to deliver the warning and keep a British battalion of 1,600 men, which includes Blake’s own brother, from walking into a deadly trap. The pair must give their all to accomplish their mission by surviving the war to end all wars.
1917 is an British-American war film directed by Sam Mendes and co-written by Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns. It stars George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, with Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The film is based in part on an account told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather, Alfred Mendes, and is released on December 25, 2019, by Universal Pictures.
1917 (2019)
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, Gerran Howell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Scarborough
Screenplay by: Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Production Design by: Dennis Gassner
Cinematography by: Roger Deakins
Film Editing by: Lee Smith
Costume Design by: Jacqueline Durran
Art Direction by: Simon Elsley, Elaine Kusmishko, Rod McLean, Stephen Swain, Robert Voysey
Music by: Thomas Newman
MPAA Rating: R for violence, some disturbing images, and language.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: December 25, 2019
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