DIVIDED WE STAND | World War I Film

Ypres, 1917. Two soldiers from opposing sides, one British and one German, confront one another after becoming trapped in a Belgian barn during World War I. With heavy resent and a language barrier dividing them, the two try to find common ground whilst biding their time.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
- BAFTA Accredited British Short Film, 2022
- Izmir International Short Film Festival, 2020 (Official Selection) - World Premiere
- The Shortest Nights Film Festival, 2021 (Official Selection)
- Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2021 (Semi-Finalist)
- Midlands Movies Awards, 2021 (Nominated 2 Awards & Winner ‘Best Costume, Makeup and Hairstyling’ & ‘Best Sound’)
- Birmingham Film Festival, 2021 (Nominated ‘Best Costume’ & ‘Best Production Design’)
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2022 (Out Of Competition)
- European Cinematography Awards, 2022 (Finalist)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED by Calum Rhys | @calrhys
PRODUCED by Rob Byrd and Calum Rhys
STARRING Tom Crilly and Sebastian Wegner
Shot on Blackmagic 6K with Canon Sumire Lenses
in Worcestershire and Suffolk, United Kingdom.
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[@cuberrt]

"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend" -Abraham Lincoln

[@gurugoat8298]

Too bad he couldn't take his own advice

[@Hanz13171]

​@@gurugoat8298John Wilkes booth 360 no scoped him in the back of his head...😂

[@blahblah2779]

I don’t take advice from people who get snuffed.

[@benjamindixon2378]

It always means alot when I see that people remember the tragedy of the great war. Not enough people grasp the deep sadness of it. This was well made and I greatly enjoyed it.

[@johncheetham4607]

There's nothing to like about any war.

[@jackthebassman1]

@@johncheetham4607of course not, but those who made the ultimate sacrifice on whatever side should be remembered.

[@Bruce-1956]

​@@jackthebassman1and they are. Have you ever been to Flanders/northern France/Menin Gate?

[@jackthebassman1]

@@Bruce-1956 Yes I have been many times, I was there earlier this year, as the renovations are being carried out. I have pretty severe mobility issues these days and the last post was played in the peace garden behind the monument, the chief of the fire brigade was kind enough to lead myself and two friends through the crowds to stand right in front of the buglers, that was beautiful of him, a real honour for myself and my friends.

[@Bruce-1956]

@@jackthebassman1 I've been many times, it's a very emotional event.

[@Souflouz]

The waiting was definitely worth it. Wonderful acting and important message 😊

[@SmashingUKProductions]

Thanks a lot! I’ll pass this on to the actors 😁

[@coder_117]

This was fantastic! The acting was great! The humanity they showed each other really amplified the power of the ending

[@bryguy87]

At first I was saying… the kit is wrong… this is wrong, that is wrong… but then I realized this film isn’t about the kit or the action. It was more than that. What great acting, story, and the way they portrayed humanity. Hats off gents. 👏 ❤

[@JacquesMeoff]

I've only recently discovered some of these short films about WW1 on here. I'm impressed at just how simple yet at the same time how moving some of them are. Really brings home the pitiful and senseless nature of that war....

[@DeusVult-nn8yq]

I hope that German Medic didn’t die🥶

[@user-mp7vn5gj6h]

Beautiful piece of work. Thank you for producing this masterpiece.

[@medicine2202]

Pretty soon if not already the soilders of WW1 will all be passed on. No longer a living memory, but a whisper of the past.

[@LKXNG8_]

I dont think there is any living ww1 vets alive atm

[@mychannel-rt2gn]

It’s so unfortunate that the people of their time didn’t care about their stories or see them as heroic

[@medicine2202]

@@mychannel-rt2gn you ain't kiddin they were and are warriors that don't live in a Warrior Culture

[@richersonkate]

Remembering 2nd Lieutenant Edward Archibald Beauchamp of the Coldstream Guards, KIA at Givenchy on December 22nd, 1914. Not Forgotten, still honored.

[@RichardMillerMMVVIDEO]

Wow this could be a feature length film. Want so much more.

[@user-fy1cl8qz2n]

Very good short film We can see how madness is war ,and how you could kill someone who don't know . R.i.p to all those men who died on western front And actually for everyone who lost their lives for protecting the motherland ..

[@14rnr]

Amazing film. Beautifully made and very well acted.

[@JackFossett]

This is superb

[@SmashingUKProductions]

Thanks Jack!

[@azcardguy7825]

Beautifully made

[@gregbowen617]

A poignant reminder that we all share the same planet…well made and well acted. These wars, in all their tragedy have proven that we as a species are incapable of living without conflict. And on they continue…

[@jasonnicholasschwarz7788]

Superb acting, especially the German.

[@elenistavrati1047]

A truly excellent film!!! Bravo to the team!!!

[@AlexPepi-mc2xy]

Per favore potete fare il continuo perchè io amo la prima guerra mondiale 😊😊 Grazie

[@selenay6821]

Amazing work !

[@Luca-5382]

Bello! Anche se ce da dire che nel minuto 2:16 i soldati non correvano all impazzata, ma seguivano gli ordini del ufficiale, belissimo comunque

[@Quandal4901]

Pretty good. The only thing that annoys me is that the German is wearing a early war uniform with the stalhelm but over all this was pretty good.

[@Arrez69]

Maybe he took the stalhelm from another soldier

[@sneakbeak4340]

@@Arrez69if he’s wearing an early war uniform, then everyone else would be. No one else would have a stalhelm

[@thehum1000]

The British are a different breed.

[@PotatoDoe-du1vj]

This was very well done!❤

[@TheProtecter]

Cliff hanger. Damn. Really Great though!

[@AaronSoIdier]

Great short film It had a good message and had great quality ❤

[@memirandawong]

This is the situation that I would fear most in war I believe.

[@Jay-O_Carlow]

All i have seen ( cuz i paused it ) Is the poppy 1917 Syble intro then it get hit with a Artillery Shell .. And i had to pause it cuz .. Man og man am i excited this looks fucking Amazing and im not even 10 seconds into it one of my Fav channels just a masterclass in cinema history and present love this channel but holy fuck this looks fucking amazing so excited

[@Some_guy_who_exsists]

"One does not wage war to end war"

[@bluepirate78]

I feel like I’m the only one who watched on vimeo (great film btw)

[@brycegameshalo353]

This is so good

[@history_by_lamplight]

Incredible. Powerful. ❤

[@Reptiles_in_a_tub]

Very nice

[@wwiewolle5849]

And in the east, they are working on part three of the "great war"...

[@andreaspersson7849]

😪

[@RomanEscobedo-zi8ip]

Cool

[@jarrellfernandez9341]

Needs English subtitles

[@AquaStrategist]

It adds to the message of the film that there aren’t any. Two young boys from opposing sides of a war find common ground, despite an language barrier between them. I believe this was a conscious and intentional choice.

[@tobeslmao]

11:19 Yeah right 🤣

[@Spidermonkey1.0]

Great acting the only thing that you need to change. If you’re gonna do one in the future, the bird chirping isn’t too realistic during the war no birds were in sight for another 15 to 20 miles away

[@thomashodgetts]

✝

[@geraldmiller5260]

The only bad thing are the too clean uniforms.

[@thenuggetman1032]

aw yeah a sick ass rose NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@shy.b9679]

who's opening the door ? German Soldiers ?

[@silvarknite7]

I like not knowing.

[@DeusVult-nn8yq]

Probably an Artillery strike, and the shrapnel and other debris hit the door

[@jameswade4097]

He came to fight for a united Europe 😅🤣😂

[@Dylanesque]

And all in the name of a few unreasonable men.

[@henrypporter]

written by a young person who knows nothing of humans and life and the reality of both

[@gunhojput]

Another mans view on what he felt it was like but because he was not there he missed the point completly.

[@growsoul1334]

Not very convincing...

[@martinplachky9372]

brithis soldier speek to German soldier he do understan

[@BFVK]

One day, people who makes movies will *open a book* and will see how a trench looks like... - 0:45 Walls made of boards of wood - 1:06 Walls made of waved sheet metal - 1:58 Seriously, who believe that a structure of wood, and made of manufactured piece of wood, like this were used to instal barbed wire ??? - 3:34 Babed wire was never intalled on those structure (fragile, impossible to build in a trench, even more difficult to intall it at the right place) , it's well knbown and seen anywhere in the books that barbed wire was put in *metalic sticks* Purely a trench built by 2020' men who bought their materials at the DIY store and never opened a book to check if it's "realistic" ... I challenge anybody to show 5 photos of a 14-18 trench with walls full of board of wood or full of waved metal sheets. ------------ Then, this film is out of historical reality, put XXI century state of mind into XX people's head... You are not sick to always put your fantasy into history ? Not possible today to make a film without the fake humanity of the two ennemy who meet each other and refuse to kill ? You are not tired to apply your 2020 mentality into 14-18 soldiers mentality ? ----------- This film is: - Not realistic, - Don't teach anything - Too cheap to be deep. What this film is destined for ? You convince me to produce a KZbin video to show, to proove, to teach, to put into your eyes, how a 14-18 trench looks like: - Nude walls - Walls made of small piece of wood braided around logssticks) - Sand bags - Barbed wire on metalic sticks. Never seen a trench like in the film, into my thousand of 14-18 trenchs pictures... But it's much expensive and need time to do it realistic... It's not an excuse, you pretend to make a film about 14-18, do it real or don't do it. This film is a useless production of pollution, to make it, to keep it availlable on internet, it rape history, it's a perfect misunderstanding of History. You people of the world of cinema are my main ennemies, you always shit into my passion: History. Awarded by a bunch of people who can't see what's wrong in the film because of ignorance... "Best costume"... the joke... awarded for a 14-18 uniform ? What more easy today than make a 14-18 uniform ? And for more they are not complete, too much clean... This award is a chocolate medal.

[@emilcristianalexandrescu7860]

Nothing spoils the message of this, otherwise good film, than the acidic comments of a nerd who shows off his knowledge!

[@MsHolzklotz]

@BFVK Why don't you make your own WW1 film that is so wonderfully historical? probably a film without any message of humanity, which was also present in terrible wars!

[@jaybeeonyt]

So make one yourself.