Games on the Battlefield

Built on archive footage – much of it previously unseen – this film reveals one of the most unexpected legacies of the First World War -- popular participation in sports, once the realm of the elite. For four years, sport represented a welcome respite from the killing fields of Europe.

• Christophe DuchironWriter
• Anne BettenfeldDirector
• Christophe DuchironDirector
• Anne BettenfeldWriter

• Kester LovelaceNarrator
• Nicolas MedadNarrator