The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fought in the devastated camps around the village of Verdun.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Daniel CostelleDirector
- Daniel CostelleWriter
- Isabelle ClarkeDirector
- Isabelle ClarkeWriter
- Christian ClermontOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mathieu KassovitzSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Émile DriantSelf (archive footage)
- Emperor Wilhelm II of GermanySelf (archive footage)
- Hermann GöringSelf (archive footage)
- Joseph JoffreSelf (archive footage)
- King Alexander I of YugoslaviaSelf (archive footage)
- King George V of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)
- Erich LudendorffSelf (archive footage)
- Jean NavarreSelf (archive footage)
- Robert NivelleSelf (archive footage)
- Philippe PétainSelf (archive footage)
- Wilhelm Prinz von PreußenSelf (archive footage)