"There's only one way this war ends—last man standing."

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1917

Release Date: December 25, 2019

Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of DreamWorks Pictures' American Beauty† and Road to Perdition, brings his singular vision to his World War I epic, 1917.

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (George MacKay) and Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.

1917 is directed by Sam Mendes, who wrote the screenplay with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. The film is produced by Mendes and Pippa Harris for their Neal Street Productions, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall and Brian Oliver.

The film is produced by Neal Street Productions for DreamWorks Pictures in association with New Republic Pictures. Universal Pictures released the film domestically in select cities on December 25, 2019, and wide on January 10, 2020.

† Academy Award winner, Best Director, American Beauty, 1999.

About the Film

About the Film

CAST
  • GEORGE MCKAY,
  • DEAN-CHARLES CHAPMAN,
  • MARK STRONG,
  • ANDREW SCOTT,
  • RICHARD MADDEN,
  • CLAIRE DUBURCQ,
  • COLIN FIRTH,
  • BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
DIRECTOR
  • SAM MENDES
WRITTEN BY
  • SAM MENDES & KRYSTY WILSON-CAIRNS
PRODUCERS
  • SAM MENDES, PGA,
  • PIPPA HARRIS, PGA,
  • JAYNE-ANN TENGGREN, PGA,
  • CALLUM MCDOUGALL, PGA,
  • BRIAN OLIVER, PGA
CINEMATOGRAPHER
  • ROGER DEAKINS, ASC, BSC
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
  • DENNIS GASSNER
COSTUME DESIGNER
  • JACQUELINE DURRAN
EDITOR
  • LEE SMITH
COMPOSER
  • THOMAS NEWMAN

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