Benediction

2022 · Directed by Terence Davies

The story of 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.

War Drama History

Cast: Peter Capaldi, Anton Lesser, Kate Phillips, Julian Sands, Gemma Jones, Ben Daniels, Jeremy Irvine, Simon Russell Beale, Jack Lowden, Geraldine James

Rating: 6.64/10 from 25 votes