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1917 is a 2019 British war adventure film directed, co-written, and produced by Sam Mendes. The film stars George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman, with Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch in supporting roles. It is based in part on an account told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather, Alfred Mendes, and tells the story of two young British soldiers during the First World War who are ordered to deliver a message calling off an attack doomed to fail soon after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich. This message is especially important to one of the soldiers, as his brother is due to take part in the attack.

The project was officially announced in June 2018, with MacKay and Chapman signing on in October and the rest of the cast the following March. Filming took place from April to June 2019 in the UK, with cinematographer Roger Deakins and editor Lee Smith using long takes to have the entire film appear as two continuous shots.

1917 premiered in the UK on 4 December 2019 and was released theatrically in the United States on 25 December by Universal Pictures and in the United Kingdom on 10 January 2020 by Entertainment One. The film received widespread praise and was a box office success, grossing $368 million worldwide. It received numerous accolades, including ten nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards and three wins for Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Sound Mixing. It also won Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, and won a leading seven awards at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Direction. It also won the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, and Mendes won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. It was chosen by both the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute as one of the Top 10 Films of 2019. It was the last film to win the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing before the award was combined with Best Sound Editing as a single award for Best Sound.

On 6 April 1917, aerial reconnaissance has observed that the German army, which has pulled back from a sector of the Western Front in northern France, is not in retreat but has made a strategic withdrawal to the new Hindenburg Line, where they are waiting to overwhelm the British with artillery. In the British trenches, with field telephone lines cut, two young British soldiers, Lance Corporals William Schofield, a veteran of the Somme, and Tom Blake, are ordered by General Erinmore to carry a message to Colonel Mackenzie of the Second Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, calling off a scheduled attack that would jeopardise the lives of 1,600 men, including Blake's brother Lieutenant Joseph Blake.

Schofield and Blake cross no man's land to reach the abandoned German trenches. In an underground barracks, they discover a tripwire, that the Germans set to kill anyone inside it, which is promptly triggered by a rat. The explosion almost kills Schofield, but Blake saves him, and the two escape. They arrive at an abandoned farmhouse, where a German plane is shot down in a dogfight with Allied aircraft. Schofield and Blake save the burned pilot, but the pilot stabs Blake and is shot dead by Schofield. Schofield comforts Blake as he dies, promising to complete the mission and to write to Blake's mother. Taking Blake's rings and dog tag, as well as Erinmore's letter, he is picked up by a passing British unit.

A destroyed canal bridge near Écoust-Saint-Mein prevents the British lorries from crossing, and Schofield chooses to part with them. He uses what is left of the bridge to cross alone, and comes under fire from a German sniper. Exchanging shots, Schofield wounds the sniper and advances into his nest, whereupon he and the sniper shoot each other simultaneously; the sniper is killed, while Schofield is knocked out. He regains consciousness at night, and finds the town in flames. He finds a French woman hiding with an infant. She treats his wounds, and he gives her and the infant his canned food and milk from the farm. Despite the woman's pleas, Schofield leaves, after hearing the chimes of a nearby clock that it is morning and time is running out. Pursued by German soldiers, he escapes by jumping into a river. He is swept over a waterfall before reaching the riverbank. In the forest, he finds the Company of the 2nd Devons, which is in the last wave of the attack. As the company starts to move toward the front, Schofield tries to reach Colonel Mackenzie.

Realising that the trenches are too crowded for him to make it to Mackenzie in time, Schofield sprints across the open battlefield, just as the infantry begins its charge. He forces his way into meeting Mackenzie, who reads the message and reluctantly calls off the attack. Schofield then finds Joseph, who was among the first wave but is unscathed. Schofield tells Joseph of his mission and that his brother Tom is dead, passing on Tom's rings and dog tag to Joseph. Joseph is deeply upset about his brother but thanks Schofield for his efforts. Schofield asks to write to their mother about Tom's heroics, to which Joseph agrees. Exhausted, Schofield sits under a tree, looking at photographs of his wife and children.

Directed by Sam Mendes

Produced by

Sam Mendes

Pippa Harris

Jayne-Ann Tenggren

Callum McDougall

Brian Oliver

Written by

Sam Mendes

Krysty Wilson-Cairns

Starring

George MacKay

Dean-Charles Chapman

Mark Strong

Andrew Scott

Richard Madden

Claire Duburcq

Colin Firth

Benedict Cumberbatch

Music by Thomas Newman

Cinematography Roger Deakins

Edited by Lee Smith

Production

company

DreamWorks Pictures

Reliance Entertainment

New Republic Pictures

Mogambo

Alibaba Pictures

Neal Street Productions

Amblin Partners

Distributed by

Entertainment One (United Kingdom)

Universal Pictures (United States)

Alibaba Pictures (China)

Release date

4 December 2019 (London)

25 December 2019 (United States)

10 January 2020 (United Kingdom)

Running time

119 minutes

Country

India

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

Language English

Budget $90–100 million

Box office $368.7 million

Cast :

George MacKay as Lance Corporal William "Will" Schofield

Dean-Charles Chapman as Lance Corporal Thomas "Tom" Blake

Mark Strong as Captain Smith

Andrew Scott as Lieutenant Leslie

Richard Madden as Lieutenant Joseph Blake

Claire Duburcq as Lauri

Colin Firth as General Erinmore

Benedict Cumberbatch as Colonel Mackenzie

Daniel Mays as Sergeant Sanders

Adrian Scarborough as Major Hepburn

Jamie Parker as Lieutenant Richards

Michael Jibson as Lieutenant Hutton

Richard McCabe as Colonel Collins

Chris Walley as Private Bullen

Nabhaan Rizwan as Sepoy Jondalar

Michael Cornelius as Private Cornelius

Anson Boon as Private Cook