- Actors: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden
- Director: Sam Mendes
- Writers: Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
- Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall, Brian Oliver
- Format: NTSC, Subtitled
- Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French Canadian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Subtitles: French Canadian, Spanish
- Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
- Region: Region A/1
- Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
- Number of discs: 2
- Rated: RestrictedR
- Studio: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- Release Date: March 24, 2020
- Run Time: 119 minutes
The brilliance of 1917 works on multiple levels. Simple as it may be, the film tells
an effectively gripping story of fortitude during wartime. The manner in which
this story is told may not leave much room for expansive plot or historical
background information, but it makes up for that by giving the audience a
gripping experience in which it is impossible not to feel the urgency. Staying
tied to a single character for the run-time also creates empathetic involvement
unlike any war film I have ever experienced. But as brutally horrific as the
film makes war appear, this is also a remarkably beautiful film. Beyond the
poetry of the wartime themes of sacrifice and loss, 1917 is a technical marvel. Three times in my life I have been
brought to tears by filmmaking, separate from the story being told, and this is
the second time this experience has come from a Sam Mendes film.
