
Deathwatch (2002)
Rating: 5.7/10
Duration: 94 min
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller, War,
Director(s): MJ Bassett,
Description:
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.
Cast
- Matthew Rhys as Cpl. Doc Fairweather
- Hugo Speer as Sgt. David Tate
- Torben Liebrecht as Friedrich
- Hugh O'Conor as Anthony Bradford
- Jamie Bell as Pfc. Charlie Shakespeare
- Andy Serkis as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
- Kris Marshall as Pvt. Barry Starinski
- Hans Matheson as Pvt. Jack Hawkstone
- Laurence Fox as Capt. Bramwell Jennings
- Rúaidhrí Conroy as Pvt. Colin Chevasse
- Dean Lennox Kelly as Pvt. Willie McNess
- Mike Downey as Martin Plummer
- Roman Horák as German soldier
- Pavel Tesař as Mudman
- Trevor Bennett as Soldier (uncredited)