War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme

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


  • Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie, War
  • Release Date: 2014-11-15
  • User Rating: 9.5/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Parapet Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
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Summary

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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Camera Douglas Hartington Camera Operator
Camera Mike Fox Camera Operator
Camera Ian Salvage Director of Photography
Production Michael Poole Executive Producer
Editing Stuart Davies Editor
Production Peter Barton Producer
Directing Sebastian Barfield Director
Production Sebastian Barfield Producer
Crew Mark Bell Commissioning Editor
Editing Ed Ison Editor
Crew Tana Beynon Post-Production Manager
Production Alison Shouls Production Manager
Art Steve Burrell Production Design
Art Tim Marriot Production Design
Sound Alan Hill Sound
Sound Bill Rudolph Sound
Visual Effects Burrell Durrant Hifle Animation
Visual Effects Hugh Cowling Animation
Visual Effects Paul Greer Animation
Visual Effects Libby Redden Animation