EPIC Battlefield Run Scene | 1917 | All Action

Will (George MacKay) makes a run for it across the battlefield in order to find Colonel Mackenzie and call off the attack.
What is 1917 (2019) about?
Oscar award winning director, Sam Mendes, brings his singular vision to this World War I epic. At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic's George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones' Dean-Charles Chapman), are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers-Blake's own brother among them.
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[@jackthewinter5066]

Fun fact: The clashes with other soldiers were totally accidents But the cost of explosions were too expensive so Schofield actor decided to keep moving forward till the scene was over. This gave an insane touch of realism that director decided to keep it

[@rstein926]

I think Sam Mendes also probably thought that would be realistic so kept it in

[@DaveDexterMusic]

this may explain the soldiers who apparently fell over so hard they simply died on the spot, which I try not to notice on repeat viewings

[@anthonybanderas9930]

@@DaveDexterMusic well,if I lay here for a while then maybe they'll call of the attack and I will survive. It is not unreasonable

[@MathijsBuster]

Guy on the right at 3:26 also spontaneously decides to stop living.

[@grilledleeks6514]

@@MathijsBuster Its very safe to assume a bullet hit him... You are aware bullets exist right?

[@marvcastilloart]

When this scene came up, not gonna lie, I teared up. It’s outstanding.

[@nicolelawless3199]

My grief over the war finally exploded and everyone watched as I collapsed right in front of them but it wasn’t for very long

[@UnitedNation_]

This is most best war film I’ve ever seen in my entire life

[@theQuietShow584]

teared up and hyped at the same time

[@nicolelawless9942]

@@theQuietShow584 I loved this scene but little did I know that Woody.exe will be on this run 3 years later so I just joined Woody.EXE on the run

[@snd3054]

So did I, especially seeing the men crouched, ready to go over the top to almost certain death. I can sympathize with the crying captain.

[@swezzcheese6683]

I like how he starts walking at first at 2:40 but then when the whistle blows at 2:47 he starts running as though he's charged on account of a whistle being blown before.

[@tochukwuudu7763]

Had to gather all the strength he could muster, it’s an amazing scene, he was moving purely on adrenaline at that point.

[@swezzcheese6683]

@@tochukwuudu7763 very much true

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@tochukwuudu7763 I need to do that to get my strength ready to do 1917 all night and it’s very tiring still. I’m very exhausted but I’ll never give up

[@rythmic8911]

@@nicolelawless3199 what

[@ihatemyjob9502]

@@rythmic8911 lmao

[@liamedwards8394]

Such an honour being an extra on this production filmed in the UK April 2019 great memories in Bovingdon, UK

[@pablogarcia.05]

Were you running in this scene?

[@jasrpsr]

well done ! Are they all extras or some of them are digital ? How many extras ?

[@nicolelawless3199]

Hi, glad to be back here. Happy 2nd birthday 1917 ❤️

[@priyachoudhary9896]

Though it's exciting to be part of a war period it must have been brutal considering the timed explosions and quick camera paces. Thanks a lot for your work.

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@priyachoudhary9896 I can’t imagine myself doing this. My mental health would have been absolutely ruined but I’ll never give up unless the war is by me

[@rommy_of_rohan]

This is one of the most magnificent movies I have ever seen, and to think it's based on Sam Mendes' grandfather, who was a messenger in WWI and who told his grandkids that he'd had to take a message across enemy lines.

[@nicolelawless3199]

My great grandfather was born in 1917 and survived the Second World War. No wonder why I got my obsession on this amazing movie. Shame that I never got to meet him

[@drugsarebad97]

He wasn’t a messenger he was given a medal for going into no man’s land and rescuing injured soldiers .

[@paulanyichi5916]

Where can I see the full video

[@SStupendous]

@@paulanyichi5916 I assume by "video" you mean FILM.

[@tomben6180]

@@drugsarebad97 Military Medal for Bravery under fire. It’s the 2nd highest honour in the British Army, after the Victoria Cross. My Great Grandfather also got one in the 2nd World War for running back into an ambush to drag his comrades out.

[@FuriousBOIAngel]

One of the greatest moments in cinematic history

[@nicolelawless3199]

My experience was kicking in when everyone had the guts to come and help me as I was losing it and my grandmother couldn’t do anything to stop it and she’s normally amazing at that stuff. A experience I’ll never forget

[@dbest8083]

@Flare have you seen the movie? You don't seem to know what they're running into even though it's visible in the shot right before he enters the trench. Have you just watched this clip? Do you have any sort of idea of what it means to climb out of the trench? Do you even know what trench warfare is? If you did, you wouldn't have said those soldiers were "running into nothing". If you actually found this scene weak it's fine, but goddamn it you found it weak for all the wrong reasons.

[@БожБ.Ягодин]

Z✊🏻🇷🇺

[@dbest8083]

@Flare have you? World War 1 ended in 1918, which is 104 years ago, dumbass. You know exactly what they were running into. Anyone who has the slightest knowledge about WWI does. The camera work is supposed to highlight not where Scho's run is headed (which would've been plain old grass) or where the soldiers' is (which would've been the enemy line); but the soldiers themselves, running straight towards their deaths. "Do you have evidence that you were in World War 1" has to be one of the fucking stupidest questions I have ever received in all my life, mainly because it would imply that I have ever claimed that I part-took in that conflict, which I obviously didn't because everyone who had is now long gone. Have you directed Saving Private Ryan and 1917? If you didn't your entire comment is invalid (see how dumb that sounds?). I have studied WW1 and know what attrition warfare is, which you obviously don't. I know exactly why, even before watching the movie, the "big push" Mackenzie organised couldn't have possibly worked, you obviously don't. I know things that you don't. Plain and simple. Do some research before critiquing a scene from a movie you simply did not understand.

[@garylouk8776]

@Flare what are you talking about this is one of the best scenes in cinematic history. Brings a tear to my eye every time

[@dawoodwilliams3652]

Imagine how it must have felt to be a soldier in those trenches, on verge of storming into a hellstorm. May their sacrifices never be forgotten.

[@jhwhthemerciful]

Honestly is kill myself with my gun. No way im getting in there.

[@rstein926]

What makes it more horrifying is that the vast majority of them were killed. Soldiers even got gunned down the moment their foot touched no man's land.

[@__shaww]

That theatre experience was massive 🔥

[@nicolelawless3199]

I will never forget it when everyone came over to help me as I had some sort of meltdown and I will remember how amazing they all were. Then me and my grandmother reunited with them for the movie a month later. I was so happy to see them again

[@olleronn616]

The crying captain breaks my heart.

[@nicolelawless3199]

This whole scene did and everyone had guts to help me as I was breathing down. That’s when I noticed my mental health was reaching breaking point but everyone stopped it just in time before I took it on everyone else

[@kr1dfy453]

He was shell shocked. His mind was gone at that point.

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@kr1dfy453 I felt awful for him but I was mostly worrying about Schofield not being able to make it on time and when he did; I was so reviled. I loved him from there

[@highstakes1235]

I served in Iraq where the militia would mortar us daily and some of the men just could not take it any more and broke down. The majority of them were older like this Captain with a wife and children back home and not knowing if the next bomb falling will land on you really hurts the mind. RIP to all the lads who fought in the horrific WW1 and to all the men such as this Captain. You're all heroes and we will remember you.

[@abumansaray7]

@@highstakes1235 With all due respect, now imagine how the civilians felt in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and Syria when they constantly got bombed by American drones. At least you guys had your families safe back home.

[@lane7230]

As an extra on this it was the best experience of my life, running over the trench to the whistle surrounded by like minded adrenalin loaded lads dodging practical explosions that made the whole trench dark for a few seconds when they went off. Was so immersive! Even got to shake Roger Deakins hand, humble brag. If you're interested in Deakins here's how I met him: The end of the day filming everyone going over the trench I see Roger Deakins and his wife walking away from the set towards their presumed campervan. Ive been wanting to talk to him ever since I got the role of a soldier. It's now or never so I time my walk to come diagonally to them, theres no one else really around in this open space of field, all the things I wanted to say going out the window. But got to shake his hand and say how much of a great job he is doing to him and his wife. Best day of my life as a fellow cinematographer. I wish I could draw so I could recreate the moment as it felt so personal with no one else around with the empty trenches next to us. I've got more interesting stories and facts about that film set if you wanna hear them.

[@nicolelawless3199]

I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw George Mackay doing this. I would have cried

[@lane7230]

@@nicolelawless3199 I didn't know who he was before this. We had a chat just like I would anyone else unknowing he was the main character. He's a sound lad and spend more time immersed within the extras rather than hiding away in his own air conditioned tent.

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@lane7230 Wow, it would’ve been an honour to meet George if I could and I’d tell him how amazing he did in my favourite movie ever

[@FondriniAlberto]

con un sottosuolo fatto di calcarenite biancastra, perche` con le esplosioni si hanno detriti di colore scuro ed incompatibili con la terra circostante? Alla vista dello spettatore rendono bene, ma e` decisamente un'errore.

[@hasselett]

@@lane7230 LOL, you are a great bullshitter. Deakin was one thing, don't tell me you had a chat with George too.

[@ross.metcalf]

These huge single shot scenes completely made this movie. I want more movies with shots like this.

[@nicolelawless3199]

I absolutely loved it and saw it a 2nd time to celebrate it’s BAFTAs win

[@ross.metcalf]

@Lorenzo Smit Thanks for the recommendations.

[@LeatherCladVegan]

I recommend you go outside: it is an incredible one-take wonderland.

[@NourHan]

birdman is such an outstanding movie

[@493HZ]

Children of men

[@Calvin_M.]

Such an amazing scene. It is probably the first time when I indeed felt and saw what a war is from the movie. The fear, uncertainty, complete chaos and still some kind of subordination of soldiers that are tightly holding to their land... I'm getting goosebumps everytime from this! Such a breathtaking acting!

[@nicolelawless3199]

Watching 1917 on my 20th birthday today and Toy Story too. It’s the best birthday yet

[@SmegulonPrime]

Not seen saving private Ryan then

[@МилошАлабашовски]

watch mini serie generation of war and watch platoon then

[@shaheehee]

​@@SmegulonPrime or All quiet on the western front

[@njux1871]

@@SmegulonPrime Nothing compares to Come and See imho

[@darkzak47]

The unspoken greatest thing of this movie is that you spent it with the protagonist and see his suffering only to have it marginalized by Colonel McKenzie at the end, who is indifferent to what he’s been through. It’s a position that everyone in this universe can appreciate and probably what makes this movie so memorable

[@brighterrecorder1645]

I don’t think he’s indifferent, the responsibility of so many men rest on him he can’t become emotionally invested

[@brighterrecorder1645]

@@Woodesies did I? It’s his job, same as a doctor if you think about it. Everytime he sends men over some of them are killed on his orders

[@sleepyrodent]

This is probably one of the best films I’ve ever seen.

[@iron4517]

Agreed it really catches the eye and is very detailed

[@ihatemyjob9502]

same here you two i will not forget this film especially the last film of the decade of the 2010's

[@yourmother897]

It definitely goes up there with stuff like interstellar

[@nicolelawless3199]

I was 17 when my beloved 1917 came out and 6 months away from turning 18. I even watched the amazing movie on my 18th birthday after lockdown. Even my entire family I haven’t seen for years came over and they gave me a entire bottle of something to have but didn’t drink it in one hour which I could have

[@-LunarDoesStuff-]

yea

[@mattreay7265]

i'll never forget sitting watching this movie in the cinema with my dad. I'd not long done our family tree and found we had families decimated by the war and I remember finding it really difficult to keep composed. The soundtrack, the acting, the fatalist storyline....this is by far one of the greatest scenes in war cinema history.

[@nicolelawless3199]

I watched it with my grandmother and she loved it. Now I’m watching it on my 20th birthday

[@whakjob]

The two times he bumped inoto soldiers were not scripted, he bumped into them but kept rolling as the takes were too expensive.

[@FullMetalClipz]

What do you mean by too expensive?? I didn’t think that each shot costed money.

[@tochukwuudu7763]

@@FullMetalClipz it did.

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

Well, to be fair, it'd be a bit unrealistic if he managed to walk through all those troops without hitting at least one. So, for better or worse, I reckon it worked out.

[@frzsri2018]

@@FullMetalClipz cuz they're real explosions and the amount of actors there are make it more expensive

[@TBone-bz9mp]

To me it adds greatly to this scene, because Scofield is already too late. When he falls over those men and the camera wheels further away, it’s time that he can’t lose, it’s no longer about saving all of them, it’s about saving any of them, the men in the first wave are already dead. That number? 1600 men? From the moment that whistle blows it’s counting down, faster and faster.

[@tochukwuudu7763]

0:30 the way the music crescendos here is beautiful.

[@Jon-uh8lw]

Yeah. Emphasises the horror those guys are about to experience

[@Chronocrits]

Every now and then you see a scene in a film that leaves you speechless. Docking scene from Interstellar, charge of the Rohirim in Return of the King… the Run from 1917. Masterful.

[@silva3658]

Also the bombing in Dunkirk

[@nicolelawless9942]

Then me, my 2009 Woody, Mummy and Woody.EXE’s epic battle with Jessie happened 3 years after 1917. It’s going to happen again since Jessie has come back

[@christophergarcia3695]

The landings in Saving Private Ryan.

[@stevem2323]

​@@christophergarcia3695 That one absolutely.

[@ICantSeeYourRepliesDickhead]

Dune part 2 sandworm and final battle

[@averagejoe8358]

Bro it's sad that the shell-shocked captain got killed by artillery. On the other hand, his pain is now over.

[@nicolelawless3199]

I remember being so shocked at 1917 that I was truly shaking and revealing my true emotional colours that night. That’s when I finally revealed them to my mother and it really concerned her

[@highstakes1235]

So many men like him. All heroes going to the front to serve.

[@chriswalker4370]

At 2:53 if you look to the very left you can see several soldiers running. There's no way they could have gotten there after the whistle, and they weren't in the frame before it. So they must have been casually hanging out in no-mans land and the enemy was kind enough not to just shoot them.

[@thisfaceisgreat]

Those are actually the camera crews, they were put in uniform to blend in after the camera exchange

[@T_Coolwine]

@@thisfaceisgreat That's a pretty cool solution.

[@jeb123]

Good catch, and someone already mentioned it, those are the camera crew.

[@Trucksofwar]

It was something that could and did happen. Troops would crawl in to position in no man’s land prior to an attack

[@Vivo-ib5ji]

Critical thinking missing.

[@johnnyisherela]

What I love, is when he gets knocked down, the camera speeds up in moving away, then it slows down and just as he's about to catch up and he gets knocked down again, and the camera speeds up moving away again, and both times, it feels like he's not going to reach his goal, and with all this being accidental, that cameraman deserves away for adapting in such a way

[@somsubhrabiswas9000]

When everyone runs to fight a war...it's just one man who runs to stop the war 🔥 thts the most insane thing I have ever seen ❤️

[@bojandolinar1535]

I thought those airplanes could drop an order somewhere close behind the front line, making everything else unnecessary.

[@evanboyd1541]

@@bojandolinar1535 if it doesn’t get intercepted by German planes.

[@bartoszszmig8187]

@@bojandolinar1535What about wind ?

[@bojandolinar1535]

@@bartoszszmig8187 What do you mean?

[@Maheshapg3321]

@@bojandolinar1535 Dropping the order with a airplane would be more hassle , a lot more variable to count but i guess they can do it with a carrier pigeon.

[@thabreez456]

The score is absolutely incredible. Thomas Newman is one of the greats of our time and I wish people recognized that more.

[@marconeevaristoaraujopaima710]

The music that accompenies this scene is incredible. It gives me goosebumps!

[@nicolelawless3199]

It was so good that I had a meltdown. Everyone literally noticed it and then came over to make sure I was alright but I really wasn’t

[@tomarnold7284]

Like Interstellar's Mountain, the ticking sound gave me anxiety, my heart was crying thinking every second passing hundreds of lives dead.

[@shire202]

bruh the old man (0:58), he nailed the expression, perfectly.

[@WasinSSS]

The running scene is great but 0:32 gives me so freaking chills

[@Soulysis]

Every second of this scene

[@toliasdxs]

the acting,the script,the music,the cinematography,literally everything about this movie is EPIC..for me is by far the best war film ive ever seen..!

[@nicolelawless9942]

I was 17 when it came out and now I’m nearly 21. What a way to start 2020

[@vlalramzauva6573]

One of the Best Movies I’ve ever seen.. the continuous shot/s of the movie was always shocking me since I can’t even imagine how much shooting and practice must be required just to make the SCENE work

[@hydqjuliilq27]

I hope Thomas Newman gets an Oscar someday, the music makes this scene even cooler.

[@ndarsess]

I've never cried for a movie before but man... this hits like a train

[@nicolelawless3199]

I cried like nuts because of how great my grief over the war really is

[@Balnazzardi]

I had to hold back my tears at this and in atmosphete entry scene of Gravity...beatiful shots with beautiful score. Also some years ago I teared up at the end of Return of the King after watching all LOTR extended editions in row after so many years. Oh and there is this on scene in Up that also always makes me want to cry. Definitely certain scenes in movies have been more emotional for me than anything in any TV show or game so far, especially when seen on big screen with best possible audio experience, so thats why I still appreciate the cinema experience...for example this scene hits nowhere near as much on TV or phone screen as it did when I saw in theater

[@DagobahResident]

This has made me realize what is one of the biggest appeals of war movies and wartime stories: They make us face humanity at its worst, but individual men in their finest hour

[@zenniz1992]

And most importantly, no glorifying of war

[@MrMegaMetroid]

​@@zenniz1992most movies do glorify war though, very few dont.

[@Hermes108]

Hacksaw ridge ​@@MrMegaMetroid

[@alexandredesouza3692]

One of the most Heroic scenes in all of cinema. He isn't performing a massive feat of wit or of physical skill but he's risking his own life to save the hundreds of men charging towards their deaths behind him. And that is a difficult shot to film.

[@merrinbuchan2488]

Must go down as one of the most profoundly impactful scenes of cinematic history.

[@UnitedNation_]

At 1:42 the sergeant screaming “HOLD FAST!” had me chilling that they were preparing for the charge.

[@nicolelawless9942]

Little did I know I’d be yelling alert warning to college that Evil Woody was on the run and I immediately went with him

[@KeeperCharlie]

I remember my heart was pounding and swarmed with feelings like fear, anxiety, and weirdly, thrill. Very powerful scene and not many movies made me feel this way.

[@fightfan6700]

I was completely choked up in the cinema during the running scene just out of pure emotion overload. The most amazing build up throughout the film up to that point. The anxiety, the gravity of the situation, the realism, it all sums up in these few minutes and overwhelms you at that climactic moment. As a movie nerd, it’s something I’ll never forget. A beautiful film

[@nicolelawless9942]

I remember having an anxiety attack in the theatre and everyone in my audience ran over to help. I was so loved back then and still am today 4 years on. Can’t believe it’s been that long

[@kinnexion]

Possibly one of the greatest and most impactful scenes ever in cinema. Just absolutely stunning and horrifying all at once

[@iceysuhn5503]

0:31 instant chills when I seen this in theater

[@areshashah1584]

Greatest scenes ever made. Once in a while I always come back to watch this. This movie was absolutely beautiful. Had the privilege to watch this in cinema, fucking classic.

[@nicolelawless3199]

I watch this scene at least 9 times a day because I’m very stressed out looking after my dogs puppies. Everyone even came over to help me during this scene whilst I was breaking down with emotion. Then hugged everyone after the movie and they helped me again because I think I was about to collapse right there but I was fine after 2 hours

[@scottjohnstontheii9287]

lol they randomly stuck African men throughout the scene when none of these men would have been their in the English regiments

[@AFGuidesHD]

Anyone else get heart palpitations during this scene? The music build-up, the tension, the risk, the payoff. Absolute masterpiece of cinema.

[@mineman633]

Man it’s incredible this actually feel like people are fighting a war and not acting

[@johnjihnson7162]

2:53 when the music is at its best.

[@nicolelawless3199]

When I defeat my grief again because I don’t give up me

[@kristina6132]

One of my favourite movies and soundtracks ever. Great acting by George Mackay, he should have been nominated for an Oscar!

[@leoholder7839]

the captain at 1:10 - this film is so realistic because he's there terrified and in shock but the bomb blasts weren't kind to the scared and terrified soldiers, he just dies right after he moved away from him

[@drewmalesky9869]

This shot alone should have one an academy award.

[@mika-antero]

One of the greatest scenes in history of war movies.

[@Franktharabbit]

Fun fact : To increase the audience's sense of immersion, the director decided to actually stage a real battle between German and English soliders. These actors were really in fear for their lives here which is why the scene seems so realistic.

[@Adam-ov5ie]

Nah.

[@hisyam1664]

@@Adam-ov5ie yeah

[@kylecraig7981]

@@Adam-ov5ie This is a real and true fact

[@APFS-DS]

@@kylecraig7981 yeah i can confirm i was one of the soliders that died

[@arathan9305]

@@APFS-DS rest in peace man

[@Flat_Edits]

Not a cell phone in sight, just people living in the moment

[@nicolelawless3199]

That was my cinema right there. Everyone even came over to help me as my emotional health issues reached breaking point for the first time since 2018 and Mummy finally knew what I was going through; it took her until 2020 for Mummy to bravely put the war in it’s place for everything it’s done to me. She is really an amazing mother

[@whiteflame4850]

More like dying

[@suleymanbabak1973]

How original.

[@aeternavictrix7861]

the dumbest joke I’ve ever seen on comment sections, why do y’all keep doing it?

[@abumansaray7]

What? Wtf are you talking about. It's not a concert they are at

[@Apeksim]

Just realised that at 1:20, the shellshocked officer probably got pulverised by the shell.

[@benfrost91]

This is possibly the greatest movie scene I’ve ever seen. Literally everything in it sends shivers down my spine. The part during the artillery bombardment where that one guy shouts “HOLD FAST!!” brings a tear to my eye. Such an iconic depiction of the sheer guts and bravery.

[@hafeeez87]

The score, the camerawork, the realism... 10/10

[@josephwood4160]

I admit, I didn't love the film, but this climax is one of the best movie experiences I've ever had in my life

[@dannyzero692]

I love it though, I think the reason some people finds it not interesting is because of the pacing of the movie which was pretty slow for modern standard.

[@rstein926]

1917 is the best war film since Saving Private Ryan

[@nicolelawless3199]

I loved it and had a 1917 18th birthday and I still have all the stuff I had for my birthday and I will never get rid of it! I even brought the movie for my dad for Christmas in 2021 and he didn’t except it. I really hope he watches it

[@LanaaAmor]

@@dannyzero692 it's a fast and cheesy Hollywood film lol

[@BambiTrout]

@@LanaaAmor Cheesy? Did we watch the same movie?

[@minjod]

One of the greatest movies with one of the most intense epic scenes and an incredible soundtrack as well

[@ushnishbhattacharyya6672]

This and Dunkirk... Powerful world War movies of this decade

[@Vollce]

Man what an achievement in cinema. Roger Deakins cinematography and Thomas Newman music along with it is just the perfect package.

[@ryenpdf]

When I first watched this scene. Goosebumps bro

[@gordonfreeman-g5w]

This whole scene shocks me right to the core, because essentially every person he walks past and every man who charges into battle is essentially a ghost, their fate is already sealed.

[@Skaiser_Wilhelm7938]

This should be one of the most iconic scenes in war films

[@nicolelawless3199]

I’m still obsessed with 1917 2 years on from its release and my dreams just keep getting more intense

[@safout]

so well made, you can literally feel the fear, courage, and decision of those soldiers before the assault.

[@БожБ.Ягодин]

Respect from Bulgaria to our British Fight brothers from WW1 and WW2 !!! Never forget! 🇧🇬🇩🇪

[@BracerDeter]

One of the best war movies scene ever.

[@rosaria8384]

The fact that the accidents with the extras were kept makes it even more beautiful tbh.

[@incrx]

When I watched this in the theatre 5 years ago, at the end of the scene where he sits by the tree at the end, everyone in the theatre stood up and started clapping. No one announced it, just instinctual. I love humanity sometimes

[@nicolelawless9942]

It was 4 years ago, everyone in my audience noticed I had passed out and they come running over to help out. I came around in time for this scene and I was screaming for Schofield to make it; I’m still so loved today because my respect for the war totally moves people. I totally regret falling out with the First World War like it destroyed it but it really didn’t deserve to be yelled at by me. I’ve been trying to rebound with the First World War ever since but it just hasn’t worked

[@rashidjurgens9992]

i like how the first initial knock is scripted he prepared for that's why he looks towards the actor and tenses his body as if to charge at him, but the second knock is completely by surprise and that's what makes this the greatest scene of all time.

[@skyesfallenxx]

This scene moves me to tears every time I see it. The desperation in his running, the captain crying and breaking down, not being able to answer his question. I know how it ends but I can't help but feel desperate to see him succeed every time.

[@karanodedara3128]

One of the best scene of the film.

[@nicolelawless3199]

After Blake dies, the movie gets better and better. I still cried

[@beanbag9696]

This needs to be experienced in the cinema

[@notobi-wan8344]

One of the Best moments i have witnessed In theather. Still Gives mee goosebumbs

[@skudopludo]

2:52 This shot here, watching all the soldiers run into the distance, knowing full well they will die, pure courage and it makes me tear up every time.

[@lasselippert3892]

If only they had the courage to bayonet the officers and politicians who ordered them to their death instead..

[@alltat]

@@lasselippert3892 The officers would just be replaced by more of the same. The politicians were voted into office. Unless the soldiers plan to overthrow the government and start a military dictatorship, there's nothing they can really do about the situation.

[@highstakes1235]

@@lasselippert3892 Courage doesn't work that way buddy. Courage is joining what you believe is a just cause at the time and fighting with your friends to the very death, not staying home and being a coward. Obviously us enlightened ones now know the war was complete garbage and staged to bring about the demise of European nations and kill millions of young Christian men however, those poor and BRAVE souls did not know this at the time. RIP to all of them. Must take a lot of courage to go over the top into certain death.

[@lasselippert3892]

1) I’m not your buddy, guy! 2) while the individual soldier in the trenches might have shown a great deal of personal bravery, millions of poor and working class men dying over nationalistic fervor, and the imperialistic ambitions of monarchs and politicians, is a goddamn human tragedy. Doing away with their oppressors would have been a far more courageous and respectable decision, than machine gunning and mustard gassing the poor saps in the opposite trench.

[@danielbalderrama4137]

@@lasselippert3892 you do realize that civil wars which were done to accomplish exactly what you mentioned are the highest cost in human lives than most wars are.

[@rstein926]

Besides the fact people are being killed by going over the top, what makes this scene sadder is that even though Schofield successfully called off the attack, the war wouldn’t end until November 11 1918, and more and more men will just get killed till then, as well as the fact this battle was just the latest number of a huge batch of trench warfare and those who survived would expected to fight the next one and can get killed the next time. And those we see running very likely replaced those who already died. And it is left ambiguous whenever Scholfield survives the war because for all we know he might have died between this scene and the day the war ended.

[@nicolelawless3199]

It would have been better if I was there because I’m the real Wonder Woman

[@guts-141]

Well since it's based on Sam Mendes's grandpa I think Schofield survived but with PTSD

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@guts-141 I get horrible panic attacks thinking about 2020 and Prince Philip’s unexpected death last April. I grieved until August 2021 and that was the longest grieving period ever. I hope my mental health never gets this bad again

[@guts-141]

@@nicolelawless3199 cringe

[@ubetydelig3065]

@@nicolelawless3199 Are you okay?

[@winningisbeginning]

Such a simultaneously beautiful and tragic scene. So many heartbreaking and yet heartwarming vignettes, all these often forgotten men (at least as individuals), each with their own stories, joys, triumphs, fears, and failures. The way Lieutenant Richards, potentially about to lose his own life, desperately cares about saving Schofield ("No.. no, no, no!") is especially heart-wrenching. The way he tries to will a young man he never met into keeping himself safe on a battlefield is really special.

[@dd1862]

It says a lot about a film maker who can take a scene of a guy running and make it into one of the best movie scenes ever. The music is epic.

[@SpeedBull545]

The best detail is that it takes exactly 1 minute to the final whistle blast from the time he says 1 min.

[@cAst0R-tr0Y-v9p]

I really enjoy the moment on 2:46 when the whistle blowed and he started running... I don't know, it's just so awesome

[@skudopludo]

As much as I love this scene I just noticed a movie mistake at 2:48, idk how but there’s already men running across the field 😂

[@monke7955]

Aw ffs now I can’t watch the scene the same way 😂

[@skudopludo]

@@monke7955neither I’m sorry 😭

[@aleccross3535]

Those 3 were actually part of the camera crew. They were dressed an infantrymen, yet had no weapons. Then had a *headstart* of running to blend in, but wasn't exactly seamless.

[@0dust]

@@aleccross3535 Yeah in some BTS they showed those three guys hanging the camera onto a cart and then had to try blend in with the attack as they couldnt have gotten out of the shot otherwise

[@Nepyter]

Camera crew are deserting

[@syedtalibhussainn]

So tragic yet beautifully presented, this can make any grown men tear up 💔✨

[@70GamesNStuff19]

One of the best scenes to watch in a movie - excellent determination

[@Tan1.16]

This is best cinematography my eyes has witnessed

[@Praktical_]

A fucking masterpiece of a movie. Some of the scenes in this movie (mainly this one) are heartbreaking

[@TripleR250]

2:46 Imagine trying to run across a field while the whole army of the world's largest Empire is charging!!!

[@whitted2799]

I love how the first dude he hits, the guy doesn’t stand back up but just lays still

[@bizaremars893]

The most beautiful long take scene that ever made

[@uselesscontentclub]

One of the best movies ever made.

[@umutkahraman827]

this scene was perfect in terms of cinematography.

[@darthraider2068]

I felt sorry for all that young man who died on the european battlefields between 1914 to 1918. Millions of them died for nothing, a lost generation.. I was born 1993 in Saxony and never saw war for myself. I wish and pray that this never happend again... May they rest in peace for ever..

[@fujohnson8667]

It’s happening again in Ukraine. 400,000 men dead.

[@trollerswifthasenteredthec1970]

As someone who has worked as a movie extra for movies and TV series, this would be a dream come true.

[@Playter76]

I like he started to run in 2:30

[@nianderwallace4776]

why I love 1917 so much is its core message i't's about ending the war not indulge over

[@nicolelawless3199]

1917 gave me strength to keep going in lockdown and I started taking it everywhere I went because I won’t give up then

[@andrewsamson7826]

Incredible scene. So dramatic and tense and true to the horror of war.

[@ishtislife475]

2:56 He is unstoppable 🤩

[@Dunc25535]

I never thought I would see a film that equals or suppases saving private ryan but 1917 is a fucking masterpiece, actually astonishing what they did

[@nicolelawless9942]

1917 is pretty close but saving private Ryan will never be unbeatable. The Normandy scene is better

[@HemadriBhusanAmatespe]

Pure cinematic experience. This particular scene gives pure goosebumps ❤

[@jaygee6738]

This was the last movie I saw in the before times prior to lockdown. This movie was so insanely good.

[@nicolelawless3199]

The support I got from the entire audience was amazing. Then me and my grandmother reunited with them again for 1917 a month later and they knew I was going to have another meltdown. I hope to reunite with them before 2023

[@Debisthewarguy]

Fun fact: there were three British soldiers without guns they were actually the filming crew but they had to blend in

[@temperatemix8268]

It's amazing to me that young men charged like that towards enemy trenches. I cannot begin to imagine. The bravery is outstanding

[@nicolelawless9942]

I wouldn’t have lasted a minute in this scene but my love for those who died in the war is very intense. No wonder I became so loved at only 15, I’m 20 now and still loved by many today

[@rstein926]

Actually the soldiers didn't have a choice. They were forced to go over the top whenever they were liked it or not. If they refused they could be executed for 'treason'

[@SnekNyx]

You either charge or get shot as a coward, mercilessness disguised as acts of bravery

[@temperatemix8268]

@@rstein926 I know they didn't go 'willingly', but even so, the courage it would take to still run towards an enemy trench is quite something

[@jackholloway1]

​@@nicolelawless9942what

[@oldluke7653]

Beautiful that he was not supposed to run into those guys lol

[@00ABBITT00]

Incredibly underrated film.

[@Iceman-135]

One of the thigs I like to do now knowing how many cuts there are throughout the film is seeing where a cut could have taken place. One likely spot is at 3:39. A lot of them are very well hiden behind the camera having a person walk past, or the end and the start of a cut fading and beginning in black. This run was goosebump worthy in the cinema. Amazing.

[@arthurshelby1554]

This is cinema. Pure brilliant scene

[@Polarbearatack]

The goosebumps when I watched this scene in the cinema,the courage shown in the scene were undescribable

[@nicolelawless9942]

I remember having some meltdown and everyone came running over to calm me down but I was so stressed that I almost passed out but i regained my strength back again. A bit much for a 17 year old me in 2020