Movie
The War Below
Overview
During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.
Details
- Release date
- 2021-09-10
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Vital Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sam Hazeldine as William Hawkin
- Tom Goodman-Hill as Hellfire Jack
- Kris Hitchen as Harold Stockford
- Elliot James Langridge as George MacDonald
- Sam Clemmett as Charlie MacDonald
- Joseph Steyne as Shorty
- Sonny Ashbourne Serkis as Henry
- Anna Maguire as Jane Hawkin
- Andrew Scarborough as Colonel Fielding
- Douglas Reith as Field Marshal Haig
- Jake Wheeldon as Captain Leonard Graves
- Philip Correia as Second Lieutenant David Kelly
Crew
- J.P. Watts - Director
- Thomas Woods - Screenplay
- J.P. Watts - Screenplay
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