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Journey's End: Directed by Saul Dibb. With Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin, Stephen Graham, Tom Sturridge. Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, it is the story of a group of British officers, led by mentally-disintegrating young Officer Stanhope, as they await their fate.
During the First World War, young Second Lieutenant Raleigh is sent to the front lines in Northern France. He requests of General Raleigh, his uncle, that he be put under the command of Captain Stanhope of C Company, a man who was a few years his senior at school, and who used to holiday with Raleigh and his sister Margaret.
Journey's End is a 1928 dramatic play by English playwright R. C. Sherriff, set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, towards the end of the First World War.The story plays out in the officers' dugout of a British Army infantry company from 18 to 21 March 1918, providing a glimpse of the officers' lives in the last few days before Operation Michael.
Journey's End brings R.C. Sherriff's 90-year-old play to the screen with thrilling power, thanks to director Saul Dibb's hard-hitting urgency and brilliant work from a...
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Journey's End. 2017 · 1 hr 48 min. R. Drama · Independent. Former schoolmates cross paths once again as grown men during World War I. With German soldiers approaching, they support one another on the battlefield. Audio Languages: English.
Journey's End. The Great War - March, 1918. C-company arrives to take its turn in the front-line trenches of northern France, led by war-weary Captain Stanhope. With a German offensive imminently approaching, the company anxiously awaits their unknown fate. 1,232.
Mar 16, 2018 · An intelligent, meticulously crafted drama about British soldiers in the trenches of World War I, “Journey’s End” is the latest cinematic rendition of a play by a war veteran, R.C. Sheriff, which premiered in England in 1928 with Laurence Olivier in a lead role.
With a massive German attack imminent, a company moves up for its 6-day spell on the line. The company is lead by the war-weary, tightly wound, alcoholic Captain Stanhope. Joining the company is 2nd Lieutenant Raleigh, fresh out of training.
Mar 16, 2018 · Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Feb 2, 2018 · Journey's End, directed by Saul Dibb, adapts R.C. Sherriff's 1928 play set during World War I. The film centers on a group of British soldiers led by Captain Stanhope (Sam Claflin) who await their fate in a trench near Saint-Quentin, France. As the impending German offensive looms, the psychological strains on the officers and men are portrayed ...
