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Feature film — 2021

The War Below (2021)

6.61h 37mWar — Drama — History

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.

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A high-signal pick with 76 votes.

Vital Pictures

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Director: J.P. Watts

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Cast & crew

Sam Hazeldine as William Hawkin

Sam Hazeldine

William Hawkin

Tom Goodman-Hill as Hellfire Jack

Tom Goodman-Hill

Hellfire Jack

Kris Hitchen as Harold Stockford

Kris Hitchen

Harold Stockford

Elliot J. Langridge as George MacDonald

Elliot J. Langridge

George MacDonald

Sam Clemmett as Charlie MacDonald

Sam Clemmett

Charlie MacDonald

Joseph Steyne as Shorty

Joseph Steyne

Shorty

Sonny Ashbourne Serkis as Henry

Sonny Ashbourne Serkis

Henry

Anna Maguire as Jane Hawkin

Anna Maguire

Jane Hawkin

Andrew Scarborough as Colonel Fielding

Andrew Scarborough

Colonel Fielding

Douglas Reith as Field Marshal Haig

Douglas Reith

Field Marshal Haig

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Jake Wheeldon

Captain Leonard Graves

P

Philip Correia

Second Lieutenant David Kelly