Introduction A 2004 documentary about the Battle of Jutland in World War One. Outline It was the largest naval engagement of World War I, fought between the navies of Britain and Germany off the Danish coast, and featuring the ships de jour, the Dreadnaughts; i.e., battleships. The British outnumbered the Germans in almost all respects… Read More
Introduction A documentary about underground shelters used by soldiers during World War One. Outline An amazing discovery has been made beneath a farm field in Northern France: a vast underground city where World War I soldiers, on both sides of the conflict, took refuge a century ago. Even more remarkable, it is one of hundreds… Read More
Introduction William Kelly’s War is a 2014 Australian low-budget film, set during World War I. It was directed by Geoff Davis, and written by his sons Josh and Matthew. Outline As the Great War begins, Billy and Jack Kelly together with cousin Paddy sign on and are shipped out to serve in Europe. Billy, a… Read More
Introduction 1915 is a 2015 psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Garin Hovannisian and Alec Mouhibian. It is produced by Hovannisian and Mouhibian with Terry Leonard, and stars Simon Abkarian, Angela Sarafyan, Samuel Page, and Nikolai Kinski, along with Jim Piddock. 1915 follows a mysterious theatre director in present-day Los Angeles as he stages… Read More
Introduction This 1988 film is based on the 1928 play Journey’s End by R. C. Sherriff. Outline A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack. Trivia The play was adapted for television in 1988, starring Jeremy Northam as Stanhope, Edward Petherbridge as Osborne, and Timothy Spall as Trotter. It held close… Read More
Introduction Aces High is a 1976 Anglo-French war film directed by Jack Gold and starring Malcolm McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. The screenplay was written by Howard Barker. As acknowledged in the opening credits, the film is based on the 1928 play Journey’s End by R. C. Sherriff with additional material from… Read More
Introduction The Other Side (German: Die andere Seite) is a 1931 German war film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Conrad Veidt, Theodor Loos and Friedrich Ettel. Outline It is an adaptation of R.C. Sherriff’s 1928 First World War play Journey’s End which had been turned into a British-American film the previous year. Paul’s film… Read More
Introduction Journey’s End is a 1930 British-American war film directed by James Whale. Based on the play of the same name by R. C. Sherriff, the film tells the story of several British army officers involved in trench warfare during the First World War. The film, like the play before it, was an enormous critical… Read More
Introduction Journey’s End is a 1928 dramatic play, the seventh of English playwright R. C. Sherriff. It was first performed at the Apollo Theatre in London by the Incorporated Stage Society on 09 December 1928, starring a young Laurence Olivier, and soon moved to other West End theatres for a two-year run. It was included… Read More
Introduction Journey’s End is a 2017 British war film, based on the 1928 play Journey’s End by R. C. Sherriff. Written by Simon Reade and directed by Saul Dibb. It is the fifth film adaptation of the play, following Journey’s End (1930), The Other Side (1931), Aces High (1976), and a 1988 BBC TV film… Read More
