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Original title: 1917
Year: 2019
Running time: 119 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Sam Mendes
Screenwriter: Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Music: Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Cast: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Andrew Scott, Daniel Mays, Adrian Scarborough, Jamie Parker, Nabhaan Rizwan, Justin Edwards, Gerran Howell, Richard McCabe, Robert Maaser, Claire Duburcq, John Hollingworth, Anson Boon, Jonny Lavelle, Michael Jibson, Chris Walley, Pip Carter, Paul Tinto, Andy Apollo, William Postlethwaite, Gabriel Akuwudike, Josef Davies, Spike Leighton, Adam Hugill, Benjamin Adams, Tommy French, Merlin Leonhardt, Jos Slovick, Jack Shalloo, Elliot Edusah, Jacob James Beswick, Daniel Attwell, Samson Cox-Vinell, Michael Rouse, Richard Dempsey, Phil Cheadle, Jonah RussellSee 29 More
Producer: Co-production United Kingdom-United States;
Amblin Partners, Neal Street Productions, DreamWorks SKG, New Republic Pictures. Distributor: Universal Pictures
Genre: War. Drama | I World War
Synopsis: Two young British soldiers during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldiers' brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap.

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Awards: 2019: 3 Academy Awards: Best Cinematography, Sound Mixing & Visual Effects

2019: 2 Golden Globes: Best Picture Drama & Director. 3 Nominations

2019: BAFTA Awards: 7 Awards incl. Best Film, Director & British Film. 9 Noms.

2019: National Board of Review (NBR): Best Cinematography. Top Films

2019: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - Movies of the Year

2019: Asociación de Críticos de Los Angeles: Nom. for Best Cinematography & Score

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2019: Critics Choice Awards: Best Director (ex aequo), Cinematography & Editing. 8 Nom.

2019: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Best Film

2019: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

2019: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay

2019: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Cinematography. 5 Nominations

2019: San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Best Cinematography. 6 Nominations

2019: Satellite Awards: Best Cinematography. 8 Nominations

2020: César Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film

2020: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Film

Critics' reviews

"A visual knockout (...) This is a protean display of virtuoso filmmaking, one that film aesthetes will wallow in but that even ordinary audiences will note and appreciate."

Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter
"One of the year’s mightiest technical achievements (...) It’s a staggering piece of filmmaking, admirable both for its complexity and its control"

Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
"[Mendes depicts] WWI as we’ve never seen it: simultaneously horrific and beautiful, immersive and detached, immediate and impossibly far removed from our own experience."

Peter Debruge: Variety
"One of the best films of 2019 (...) An expertly crafted and emotionally exhausting thrill-ride behind enemy lines. Gloriously shot, deftly paced, and striking in its gruesome recreation of the time and place"

Jim Vejvoda: IGN
"Mendes finds plenty of success with sequences that bridge the divide between forward movement and emotional reflection (...) The message is blunt but always effective"

Kate Erbland: IndieWire
"A technical accomplishment — and a deeply felt tale of heroism under fire (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"A new war movie classic (...) Most of that credit goes to Mendes for balancing the tech and the acting technique (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Johnny Oleksinski: New York Post
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