Benediction
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.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Terence Davies
Actors: Ben Daniels, Calam Lynch, Gemma Jones, Geraldine James, Jack Lowden, Jeremy Irvine, Kate Phillips, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Blyth
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Company: BBC Film, BBC Films, British Film Institute (BFI), The National Lottery
Worldwide Gross: $847,418