In an underground barracks, they discover a tripwire set by the Germans, which is promptly triggered by a rat the explosion almost kills Schofield, but Blake saves him, and the two escape.

Schofield and Blake cross no man's land to reach the abandoned German trenches, but Schofield injures his left hand along the way. In the British trenches, with field telephone lines cut, two young British lance corporals, William Schofield, a veteran of the Somme, and Tom Blake, are ordered by General Erinmore to carry a message to Colonel Mackenzie of the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, calling off a scheduled attack the next morning that would jeopardise the lives of 1,600 men, including Blake's brother Joseph, a lieutenant. On 6 April 1917, aerial reconnaissance has observed that the Imperial German Army, which has pulled back from a sector of the Western Front in northern France, is not in retreat but has made a strategic withdrawal to the new Hindenburg Line, where they are waiting to overwhelm the British with artillery. The film was nominated for ten awards at the 92nd Academy Awards, winning three, and received numerous other accolades. It was a critical and box office success, grossing $384.9 million worldwide. Filming took place from April to June 2019 in the UK, with cinematographer Roger Deakins and editor Lee Smith using long takes to have the entire film appear as two continuous shots.ġ917 premiered in the UK on 4 December 2019 and was released theatrically in the United States on 25 December by Universal Pictures and in the United Kingdom on 10 January 2020 by Entertainment One. The project was announced in June 2018, with MacKay and Chapman signing on in October and the rest of the cast joining the following March.

Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch also star in supporting roles.

Partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred about his service during World War I, the film takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield ( George MacKay) and Tom Blake ( Dean-Charles Chapman), in their mission to deliver an important message to call off a doomed offensive attack. 1917 is a 2019 war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote the film with Krysty Wilson-Cairns.

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