1917 / A DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment presentation ; in association with New Republic Pictures ; A Neal Street Production ; produced in association with Mogambo ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns ; produced by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall, Brian Oliver.
Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden, Mark Strong, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Claire Duburcq. Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. Special features: The weight of the world: Sam Mendes; Allied forces: Making 1917; The score of 1917; In the trenches; Recreating history; feature commentary with Sam Mendes; feature commentary with Roger Deakins.
Summary:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
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