Movie History
The country the movie is set in?
France
Name of the two main characters
Blake and Schofield
Purpose of the mission
To call off orders to attack the Germans
Symbolism of the barbed wire
The danger and violence surrounding the soldiers and dehumanizing nature of the war
What happens in the German bunker?
The war the movie is set in
World War One
Who the message is being delivered to
Colonel Mackenzie
The main character who dies
Lance Corporal Blake
Camera Style
One shot is used to show the long and hard distance travelled by the soliders
Who do Blake and Schofield save at the farm house?
A German soldier
The type of solider the two main characters are
Runners
Lieutenant Leslie
The price of the mission failing
Thousands of British soldiers will be killed by the Germans
Signs and objects from home
Signifies the humanity of the two soldiers and that they just want to go home alive
What does Schofield give the Franch woman?
Canned food and milk
The battle the film is based on
The battle of Passchendaele/Battle of Ypres
The first name of the relative Blake is looking for
Joseph Blake
Who the true story the film is based on comes from
The director's grandfather
Long stretches of silence and stillness
Contrasts the chaos and loud nature of the war, quiet moments show how rare this is
Who does Schofield speak to after he meets Mackenzie?
The picture
The common name of the land the soldiers are crossing
No mans land
The part of the army Blake first complains about
The beds
How experience with war is shown through a significant death
Schofield wants to kill the German piolet but Blake argues and tried to help him, Blake is shortly after killed by the soldier
Large stretches of destroyed land
Symbolizes the desolation and destruction of war, how it effects the physical world around it and leaves lasting marks
What does Schofield do to reach Colonel Mackenzie because the trenches were too crowded?
Runs across the front line