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The Trench

1999 film directed by William Boyd
Movie film Q1620495

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
film
Director
William Boyd[2]
Genre
drama film, war film, historical film, anti-war film[4][5][6][7]
Publication date
1999[23]
Official website
www.thetrenchmovie.com
Screenwriter
William Boyd[3]
Duration
+98
CNC film rating (France)
no age restriction
Cast member
Daniel Craig, Danny Dyer, Paul Nicholls, Julian Rhind-Tutt, James D'Arcy, Adrian Lukis, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, Ciarán McMenamin[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Color
color[20]
Country of origin
France, United Kingdom[21][22]
Depicts
no man's land[17]
Distributed by
Arts Council England, Netflix[24][25]
Distribution format
video on demand[19]
Film editor
Jim Clark
Main subject
Western Front, World War I, Battle of the Somme, trench warfare
Narrative location
France
Original language of film or TV show
English[18]
P14449
160680
Set in period
World War I, 20th century, 1910s
Title
The Trench
🏷️ Also known as
en The Trench en Trench de Der Schützengraben – Die Schlacht an der Somme de La tranchée de Der Schützengraben de Verdun 1916 - Sterben im Schützengraben de Verdun 1916 – Sterben im Schützengraben de The Trench de Der Schützengraben - Die Schlacht an der Somme fa سنگر fr Tranchée he השוחה it The Trench it The Trench - La trincea ja ザ・トレンチ sv Skyttegraven sv The Trench zh 終極戰役
🔖 Identifiers · 51
ACMI ID
works/92771
AllMovie title ID
v180335
Allcinema film ID
234681
AlloCiné film ID
24012
Apple TV movie ID
umc.cmc.6tka6jsej7hq0fz20d2lhxc9t
BBC programme ID
b0078mh7
BFI National Archive work ID
150506830
Cine.gr film ID (archived)
714287
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID
14080
Douban film ID
1307349
EIDR content ID
10.5240/2C1B-37EA-9340-AE12-8D87-J
ElFilm film ID
159341
Show all 51 identifiers +39
Elonet movie ID
1321020
Exploitation mark number
96354
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/der-schuetzengraben
FilmAffinity film ID
286865
FilmVandaag ID
film/22834
Filmová databáze film ID
55544
Filmweb.pl film ID
113259
Freebase ID
/m/0g0wx7
IMDb ID
tt0161010
ISAN
0000-0000-A6F9-0000-V-0000-0000-I
ITunes movie ID
1489753733, 1620083167
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID
film1/thetrench
KINENOTE film ID
33778
Kanopy ID
12287968
Kinobox film ID
230894
Kinopoisk film ID
18842
LUMIERE film ID
12566
LdiF ID
529835
Letterboxd film ID
the-trench
MYmovies audiovisual work ID
58119
Metacritic ID
movie/the-trench
Movie Walker Press film ID
mv32881
MovieMeter film ID
15671
Netflix ID
60027367
OFDb film ID
53906
PORT film ID
68671
Plex media key
5d7768537228e5001f1e2405
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/trench
Schnittberichte.com title ID
31413
Swedish Film Database ID
74742
TCM Movie Database film ID
518626
TMDB movie ID
27123
TV Guide show ID (former scheme)
134925
TV.com ID
movies/the-trench
TheTVDB movie ID
27998
Trakt.tv ID
movies/the-trench-1999
Trakt.tv film ID
16602
Unifrance film ID
15916
ČSFD film ID
73340

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Cast member 9
Daniel Craig, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Danny Dyer, Paul Nicholls, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Adrian Lukis +1 more
Genre 3
drama film, war film, historical film
Country of origin 2
France, United Kingdom
Distributed by 2
Netflix, Arts Council England
Director 1
William Boyd
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Film editor 1
Jim Clark
Instance of 1
film
Narrative location 1
France
Original language of film or TV show 1
English
Screenwriter 1
William Boyd
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Summary

The Trench is a film[1].

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Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Western Front[26], World War I[27], Battle of the Somme[28], and trench warfare[29].

Related Entities

Ben Whishaw Cillian Murphy Daniel Craig film France James D'Arcy Netflix United Kingdom William Boyd

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Class ancestry

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  1. 9w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War I, 20th century, 1910s
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Set in period: 1910s, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787966400657"
  2. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film ID → 55544
    Depicts → no man's land
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film ID: 55544, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  3. 10w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → Western Front, World War I, Battle of the Somme +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Main subject: trench warfare, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787313271227"
  4. 11w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War I, 20th century, 1910s
    Main subject → Western Front, World War I, Battle of the Somme +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Main subject: Western Front, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786852962177"
  5. 18w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → William Boyd
    Duration → {'amount': '+98'}
    Original language of film or TV show → English
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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