Journey's End (2017)
Director: Saul Dibb
Plot[]
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, it is the story of a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, as they await their fate.
Trivia[]
- The play on which this was based premiered in London in 1928, with Laurence Olivier in the cast. The 1930 film adaptation was directed by James Whale and starred Colin Clive.
- The film's general release (apart from a few earlier screenings at festivals) in 2018 coincides with the centenary of the events shown in the film, which take place toward the end of WW1 in March 1918.
Paul Bettany and Toby Jones both star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Bettany in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Jones in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
Male Deaths[]
- Elliot Balchin (Peters)
- Eirik Bar (Ernst)
- Theo Barklem-Biggs (Watson)
- Paul Bettany (Osborne)
- Asa Butterfield (Raleigh)
- Sam Claflin (Captain Stanhope)
- Adam Colborne (Private Graham)
- Jake Curran (Hammond)
- Andy Gathergood (Sergeant Major C Troup)
- Stephen Graham (Trotter)
- Jack Holden (Bert)
- Toby Jones (Mason)
- Miles Jupp (Hardy)
- Jack Riddiford (Evans)
- Tom Sturridge (Hibbert)
- Tom Ward-Thomas (Hardy's Subaltern)