Benediction
A biopic about soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), who was decorated for bravery on the Western Front, and is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about the First World War, which brought him public and critical acclaim. Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror and brutality of trench warfare and contemptuously satirised generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and blind support of the war.
Released: 2022
Casts:
Jack Lowden, Tom Blyth, Geraldine James, Peter Capaldi, Kate Phillips, Calam Lynch, Ben Daniels, Jeremy Irvine, Simon Russell Beale, Lia Williams, Anton Lesser, Gemma Jones, Harry Lawtey, Edmund Kingsley, Stacey Lynn Crowe, Suzanne Bertish, Joanna Bacon, Jamie-Lee Beacher, Jude Akuwudike, Edward Bennett, David Shields, Matthew Tennyson, Julian Sands, Paddy Rowan, Thom Ashley