The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets

Nan
1h 0m
2016

Overview

The story of the WWI poets Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves, using their diaries and letters to tell the inside story of the war in their own words.

Country : United Kingdom
Languages : English
Released Date: 2016-11-13

Top Billed Cast

John Hurt

Siegfried Sassoon

Morgan Watkins

Siegfried Sassoon

Matthew Beard

Wilfred Owen

Joe Claflin

Robert Graves

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