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The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with an antecedent in the English Army that was created during the Restoration in 1660. Pages in category "Films about the British Army" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
Aces High (film) Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (film) The Adventures of Tartu; Against the Wind (1948 film) An Airman's Letter to His Mother; Albert R.N. Alfred the Great (film) Angels One Five; Anthropoid (film) Appointment in London; Army Life; or, How Soldiers Are Made: Mounted Infantry
The driving force behind the film was David Niven, a 1930 graduate of Sandhurst, who at the time was a major in the British Army working with the Army Film Unit and later served in Normandy with GHQ Liaison Regiment. Niven was the executive producer on The Way Ahead. [4] The last scene in The Way Ahead shows the soldiers advancing in a counter ...
1917 is a 2019 British war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote it with Krysty Wilson-Cairns.Partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred about his service during World War I, [6] the film takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay ...
Two Men Went to War is a 2002 British war comedy-drama film based on a true World War II story, from Raymond Foxall's book Amateur Commandos which describes the adventures of two army dental corps soldiers who sneak off on their own personal invasion of France. [2]
The Trench is a 1999 war film written and directed by William Boyd and starring Paul Nicholls and Daniel Craig. It depicts the experiences of a group of young British soldiers in the 48 hours leading up to the Battle of the Somme in 1916. [3] James D'Arcy, Cillian Murphy and Ben Whishaw also appear.
'71 is a 2014 British thriller film [1] directed by Yann Demange (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Gregory Burke. Set in Northern Ireland, it stars Jack O'Connell, Sean Harris, David Wilmot, Richard Dormer, Barry Keoghan, Paul Anderson and Charlie Murphy, and tells the fictional story of a British soldier who becomes separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast at the ...
Zulu is a 1964 British epic adventure action war film depicting the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift between a detachment of the British Army and the Zulu, in the Anglo-Zulu War. The film was directed and co-written by American screenwriter [5] Cy Endfield. He had moved to the United Kingdom in 1951 for work after being blacklisted in Hollywood.