Running Through The Battlefield | 1917 (2019) | Screen Bites

Will (George MacKay) makes a desperate run through the battlefield in order to deliver an order to Colonel Mackenzie to stop off the attack.
1917 (2019): Sam Mendes, the Oscar®-winning director of Spectre and American Beauty, 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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[@paragjyotideka1246]

Cameraman: I forgot to press record.

[@DB-rl6ql]

Is this scene a single shot

[@paragjyotideka1246]

@@DB-rl6ql yes.

[@simunator]

​@@DB-rl6qlno. there's really sly cuts sprinkled throughout

[@taiezer9585]

☠️

[@haisee1671]

The running part was single shot i watch it in behind the scenes.

[@markf5609]

Admire the NCO at 2:18, at least he is willing to listen to what Schofield has to say and shows earnest concern for his safety.

[@derpythespy]

that's not an NCO. if you look at his sleeves, he is a Lieutenant. notice one stripe with two diamonds (forgot proper terms for it) it's even more astonishing that an officer is caring for schofield, who is not even on his regiment

[@henrypollock7987]

@@derpythespythe mateship increases 10000% when the lads were preparing to go over the top together all the had was each other to rely on 😢

[@kacperprzylucki2091]

The captain at 2:10 shouting HOLD FAST to encourage the men always gives me goosebumps

[@nickyoude2694]

He's a sergeant. He has the tree stripes on his arm.

[@Eusoik]

I thought he was saying HOLD FIRM

[@SpaceMissile]

he really gave that his all 👏

[@zenosebeth4173]

The first guy that tripped Schofield when they were going over the top didn't get up lol

[@TheFBI911]

friendly fire 💀

[@emandummie]

I was looking at that to

[@North29TH]

It is a better way to blend in with the dead really. Not everyone wants to die in the front.

[@jonathanliu505]

I like to think he got knocked down and decided it was a good enough hit to get knocked out, and so he just decided to play unconscious. In regards to the actor, he was probably an extra, plus this was a one-shot scene where the messenger wasn't supposed to run into anyone. He probably decided just not moving was the best way to not mess up the scene.

[@johnnk3256]

Will wasn't meant to run into anyone when running. The extra didn't know what to do, so he just stayed down. And since the shot could only be done once, they kept it in the movie.

[@iraklismakridis704]

The 'no, no no no no' of the officer, reminds me of the same exact words Bilbo Baggins said when Thorin died.

[@Rare_Spore_Fan]

YESS I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING

[@rudysaints9826]

Whenever I go running, the last stretch is always a reenactment of this scene

[@marconeevaristoaraujopaima710]

This scene gives me goosebumps.

[@Tay._._.]

What scares me most is when the Germans first discovered tanks, the hard way.

[@IloveBrawlStars420]

@@Tay._._.the British did in ww1

[@Tay._._.]

@@IloveBrawlStars420 yea I know

[@DestinyAwaits19]

This movie also sucked. British war films should not try and compete with American ones.

[@abc-oq7dt]

​@@DestinyAwaits19how does it compete?

[@bugra320]

3:22 The other man died by colliding with the actor. RIP

[@MarranoPrince]

You cannot draw breath throughout this scene, it is that intense.

[@nicolelawless9942]

Especially in theatres, I actually collapsed from exhaustion after that scene and everyone helped me out when it was all over. Me and my grandmother reunited with the same audience in February 2020 for our second viewing and I didn’t faint. Post 2020 was the best

[@Special17782]

Couple of fun facts about this epic scene. 1. At 3:19 you see 3 random solders in full uniform ahead of the advancing lines with no guns. They were the camera operators that were following schofiled through the trench and then climbed the trench and mounted the camera onto a vehicle for the running scene. They couldn’t get out of shot quickly enough so Sam Mendez decided to blend them in to the advancing soldiers as soldiers themselves. 2. When Schofield collided with the running soldiers this was accidental and wasn’t meant to happen. But as the scene was filmed in one take they couldn’t stop rolling so he just had to get up and keep running.

[@davisjones7137]

Those cameramen have guns so can't really tell. Nice oner

[@Special17782]

I’ve watched the scene several times. The 3 guys at the front that randomly come into shot do not have rifles from what I can see

[@FSBMateus]

@@Special17782 i could see it too, three guys without guns at the front, but even then by the time he started to make a run for it, they were far away from him or the moving truck

[@examplenameyoutube]

The soldiers that he collided with didn’t know what to do. You can see that one soldier keeps laying after he fell and the second one is hesitating and staying there taking his helm.

[@Shregurun93]

I like how the soldier that collided with him decided to stay on the ground xD

[@ethantran3765]

i love how it ends with Benedict Cumberbacht saying that lmfao. 😂 😂 😂

[@sonyashort5824]

He dies in the end😅😅😅

[@Prophet12]

One of the best scenes in cinema history.

[@jonathanglzplz894]

No.

[@russelluwarejnr1273]

Yes​@@jonathanglzplz894

[@chasehedges6775]

Best scene in the whole entire film

[@davisjones7137]

This is the only scene I've watched so far from this film

[@nicolelawless9942]

I’ve wanted to see this movie just for this incredible scene but I ended up really liking it

[@spatrk6634]

just sitting in that line waiting to get hit by artillery shell hoping it kills you on impact on not just tears your limbs off

[@Yayaloy9]

Artillery aint likely to directly land inside the trench but yes very scary and dreadful.

[@jasonbrosnan8770]

It's hard to believe that this scene was done in one take

[@fauxbro1983]

it wasn't, but it was made to look that way

[@dmitryogrady2004]

The whole movie was done that way. (Made to look like one take). But I'm sure this one scene was all one take.

[@tropicturtle9021]

@@fauxbro1983 this scene actually was just one take. In fact the soldier bumping into people wasn’t scripted, he just actually ran into some extras while he was running and they kept it in because the scene would have been too difficult to reshoot.

[@barrskog85]

@@tropicturtle9021 It's cut at 4:06.

[@Whoami691]

​@@fauxbro1983 The entire move was done in 3 shots. there were only 2 times the camera stopped rolling in the entire film.

[@squaresphere2864]

A jaw dropping scene. My Grandad did this at the second battle of Ypres and then 1St July 1916 at the Somme. True bravery.

[@Jon14141]

Amazing

[@Jon14141]

Amazing

[@Jon14141]

Amazing

[@user-jg1ij4hu9q]

0:23 Michael Jibson who plays Lieutenant Hutton in this scene was the face model and voice actor for Wilson, Clyde Blackburn's sidekick in Battlefield 1's War Story, "Friends in High Places". Edit: He also played Lyle Porter in Flyboys, all of three take place in WW1 and all take place in the year 1917. Convenient.

[@Arandomgmodanimator.-xf6bk]

I knew he sounded similar, thanks!

[@furicd446]

Merci pour cet extrait. J'adore ce film. Je l'ai vu plusieurs fois. Respect pour tous ces hommes ❤🙏

[@xwxgamerxwx]

3:06 running starts

[@jorgevaccari2374]

Perfect resume!!!!!

[@bionicg2040]

Just realized the Captain at 1:22 is shell shocked that is why he is unresponsive to scholfield.

[@JPerry-jw9ik]

Nope. He was just being a coward.

[@OninDynamics]

@@JPerry-jw9ik pov: you're a higher-ranking officer in 1915

[@hemmingscable]

fear of dying going into combat

[@popcornpictures1825]

keep watching in the background a few seconds later and he gets blown up before he gets chance to go over the top

[@gyrow1684]

@@JPerry-jw9ik How can you be so senseless? Do you even know how nightmarish it is to be there?

[@michaelthompson252]

Love the orchestra drop when he runs onto the front line @ 0:53

[@jorgevaccari2374]

Excelent video!!!!!!!

[@davisjones7137]

Wow fields and trenches

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Clear and distinct ideas

[@COOL.GUY.SO.COOOOOOOOOL]

i love when they all say who are you

[@KIWOONGLEE]

We can see real infantry soldier's destiny in front of same people.

[@isaacjones748]

I know those trips were accidents but they so add to the feeling of the scene

[@tele7222]

03:21 my man just stayed on the ground 💀

[@boobiegaming]

bro died 💀

[@tele7222]

@@boobiegaming 😭

[@temito6923]

Gta v npc's be like:

[@MatTechSwahili]

I'd play dead too instead of charging into a mine field

[@tobeslmao]

@@MatTechSwahiliartillery is a lot more likely to land on you if you’re laying still

[@ericv-kj3du]

What a scene, what a movie !

[@ewanc1]

Despite that we know it was a trap and that the Germans were counting on the British attacking, you could be forgiven for thinking the attack was going well and that the first wave had been somewhat successful in that the left flank had reached the German line and had fired signal flares which they were only supposed to do once they had taken their objective i.e. the German trenches. The Colonel thought he had the Germans on the run and wanted to make a decisive breakthrough which the Allies had spent the last 3 years trying and failing to do at great cost, something that the Colonel most likely witnessed and hated seeing. You can see why the Colonel was reluctant to stop the attack now that he had the opportunity (his belief that the Germans were on the run) and the flexibility (with the phone lines being down and no-one to countermand his orders) to attack and hopefully make a breakthrough and maybe, just maybe, end the war.

[@rstein926]

The Germans moving to the Hindenburg line wasn't really a trap. The Germans moved there in an attempt to prevent further losses, having suffered too many losses at Verdun & the Somme. However it didn't obviously mean the British and French didn't fight them there. And even if they did win, the war wouldn't end automatically. It is far more complicated than that. When a side loses they would have to come to an agreement with the victors on signing the treaty's which would take time. Germany very nearly won in 1918 with the Spring Offensive as they made their biggest move since 1914 until the Americans intervened and Germany being outnumbered and no match against the 'freshness' of the Americans who were fitter due to arriving in 1917 knew they lost and had no alternative but to surrender, thus causing the birth of the infamous Treaty of Versailles in November 1918 as terms took months to be official.

[@rocktorrocks]

Who the F are those guards outside the bunker not letting a dude with obvious urgent official orders in to the room. A dude comes with an official letter with clear urgency and you just shut them down?

[@tdpro3607]

the meat grinder must go on

[@malachiomeletoe4320]

Those guards stopped the only line of communication they had

[@patrikmalory]

Because those trenches were full of young people who wanted to stay alive. I think there were many young lads trying to do everything to avoid being killed. Maybe they thought he was just an another "coward" trying to fool them. And you cant just let everyone enter command room just because he says something about a letter.

[@Berserker3624]

⁠@@patrikmalorynope it was just bad writing, unless that coward wants to get shot a week later for treason they wouldn’t have bothered and that’s assuming the ofificer doesn’t just shoot him himself

[@ES-gv6xl]

British army executed hundreds of its own soldiers for insubordination

[@srajalbansal7112]

Cinematic Achievement.

[@brndnwilks]

That's the bravest man in fictional cinema.

[@jamie8731]

"The first wave" upsets me. They were such brave boys... We will never be as brave as them... THEY WERE THE BEST GENERATION TO EVER WALK OUR PLANET

[@Sabroe_ffs]

3:20 where did those soldiers all the way to the left come from?

[@Mdude181]

They were cameramen accidentally in the shot as you can see they don't even have guns

[@apratimroy]

@@Mdude181 , right, I saw in a video that they were put in costume since there was no way to keep them out of the shot (once the truck with the camera rig took the camera from them and started moving), and that they were delighted to get extra pay as extras for that day's shooting.

[@kean41]

What a heroic soldier

[@rstein926]

I cannot imagine the very fact that the moment you leave the trenches, you are literally on a suicide mission. You are either going to get killed or wounded at literally any second.

[@timsparks1858]

The sad situation for all infantry in the Great War. The Tank and Aircraft were in their infancy not ready to free the men from the trenches and No Man's Land to give "fighting" chance. It would be another 21 years and another world War to change all that.

[@Calh92]

The 100 days offensive in 1918 ended trench warfare

[@ckok7792]

I know the story isn’t real but the premise is. Be that as it may, it still made me cry watching the heroic scene of him running

[@MB-ub5ns]

Run Forrest, Run!

[@sasinonraksa4357]

Im not gona lie my school when we have sports day me and my friend will be like this

[@Jon14141]

Nice

[@aniket7151]

How i keep moving in life even i get slammed so many times ❤

[@sousasv4432]

3:13 I downloaded Battlefield 1 again just because of this scene XD

[@CodeUK93]

Nothing beats a good old breakthrough charge!

[@venomfoxgames]

BF1 is still the best!

[@oceanistoosmall]

I think more bomb VFX were meant for the scene as you can see some soldiers falling to go the ground for no reason

[@theboivenom4170]

No they were being shot by snipers.

[@Thomason-xv4kp]

Me when they find out school is ending earlier and my mom's car is waiting for me:

[@the_jones528]

This was fucking CRAZY

[@iceysuhn5503]

0:57 I wish a BF1 match would start like this

[@Winslowclips]

how did you still not get copyright

[@believeintheheroic]

This was a perfect movie

[@nalaglagnaanghel6496]

Title?

[@adlergizinski7234]

WAR IS SUPER

[@noticiasucrania2023]

Quando se assiste a filmagens da época, observa-se que os filmes não passam nem 1% da realidade...

[@MLVL312]

.?????

[@dh3279]

Amazing film!

[@arthurdacruzmascarenhasgar963]

For me this movie was very inspiring! Although it is a bit slow with few action scenes

[@mr.rich-low-pitch6570]

3:23 Did that guy he bump into just straight up die from tripping?

[@lucylane7397]

I would just lie down and pretend I was dead

[@ismailriyadi8092]

What the movie name???

[@AnthonyGarlic-tr9br]

Patty Duke ain't there 🦒🦒

[@snow-3878]

“your so special your be on the front lines” denerosity

[@unknownfugitive225]

Bro got knocked out cold (3:21 - 3:25).

[@dah1ia6]

4:51

[@lohengrinoath9906]

RELEASE THE SARDUKAR!

[@NapoleonBonapartet]

1:36 I don’t understand this A part of the movie

[@RflexShter]

If ur referring to the soldier who couldn’t speak and was hysterical , I can only imagine it was a very common occurrence these men arnt killers they are everyday folk exposed to extreme horrors and expected to keep a level head , no surprise that a lot couldn’t I know I couldn’t

[@NapoleonBonapartet]

@@RflexShter thanks

[@iguzman3064]

To me its criminal this didn't win best picture

[@MrTemwa]

Why the lance corporal should join the charge

[@redt8311]

It’s crazy to think Jack Marston had to go through this solely because he just had to choose revenge and kill Edgar Ross. If he hadn’t done that the government would not of declared him a suspect in Edgar Ross’s death, forcing him to go on the run, falling in with a small gang of outlaws. Few years he got captured and had to take a deal with Archer Fordham to fight in World War I as his sentence as opposed to sitting in prison for life or hanging. At least Archer was a man of his word, and when Jack got back, he was officially declared a freeman by the US government with the right documents to prove it. Then went on to live a happy life in peace and died a successful old rancher who also had a few best selling books.

[@matvangogh]

Scofield pays it forward...... Tom Blake saves his friend Scofields life ........ and in turn..... Scofield ends up saving his brothers Joes life!

[@SpeakMusic25]

😢😭

[@AWMulholland99]

Don't worry young men, this scene is as real as the war istelf !

[@Idrisbach]

And the best bit? Because nobody significant would have seen it properly, because it averted a disaster rather than created a victory, Schofield would probably receive for this action..... nothing. Just the way it goes.

[@user-uq9qb4jh4n]

I love thes men 😍😍😍😍

[@jamessalvatore7054]

Not enough focus on the fact that this was 1 ....cut. 1 single cut .....

[@noodlezhp]

Why couldn't they dig a straight line then dig it sideways

[@danyleon4870]

Lesson learned about zig zag defensive trench

[@user-sm6ov8hj1p]

🇯🇵日本わふんかのくになので、とてもこわいです

[@honnebombll]

Why didnt he use the other side of the trench?

[@ewanc1]

Because it's steep-sided and there are other trenches intersecting the front line which connect the front line to the rear lines (if there are any). Going over the top was the only way to get a clear run without having to jump over/climb into and out of other trenches. Schofield, as an experienced soldier, would have known this.

[@SarahClarke-fm8ys]

Dare you to look at 3:22

[@kawaito_pixel]

Perlukah gambaran yang jelas..

[@ultimathule1000]

Why there is a black soldier at 0:58, when there were no black soldiers fighting in Europe?

[@Lego_hq_21]

Britain did have colonies in Africa

[@theanchorshat585]

According to the script, he's a member of a hastily-assembled group made of various units that was sent to the front.

[@karenbrown1097]

All those brilliant young men dead. Now look wot we've got

[@volvos60bloke]

We’ve got Brexit DID

[@IQ-XMEN]

One man can save thousands of lives if you would just listen.

[@nikitarathore5467]

pure cinematic experience in this era of barbie movie

[@mohdnizlanbinmohdnasirmedi8683]

I wonder why he didn't run on the other side of the trench.

[@Calh92]

You would have support tenches to try and get over

[@saqqara6361]

The movie was great, for me mainly because of the one-shot camera style...Great. That scene could have become epic but they failed.... One can see that all are running according to camera movement and not by a general assault why was that tackle @ 03:20 that lethal? impacts @ 03:35 did strange damage...all are jumping..

[@EliPorterMahn]

This seemed like an overly clean depiction of wwi

[@joshua5343]

2Timothy: 7. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day -- and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

[@user-sm6ov8hj1p]

あらそはないことがたいせつです😊

[@colin8696908]

Not a prefect movie but still miles above "All quite on the western front." Which insists on throwing every ww1 cliché at you.

[@trevinoel8738]

Imo both are good. This movie is great in its storytelling and direction. All Quiet On the Western Front is great in its anti war message. Sure it had clichés, but it’s cause it showed Paul over the duration of the war, to finally kill him at the most pointless time to illustrate an anti war message

[@mintheman7]

I don't think they are considered cliches when the book first came out in 1930

[@JamesNames-yo3ou]

Did humans bleed in 1917?

[@user-kc9rp3oj7s]

What?

[@robertopiazza6677]

Film poco reale la guerra fu molto più terribile ma comunque un film molto bello

[@TheStapleGunKid]

Seriously why is he running in front of the trenches? All he had to do was run behind the trenches and it would be a lot easier. He wouldn't have all those men in the way.

[@beendoneagain]

Are you trying to wreck this movie?

[@Attaboy98]

I guess the cut behind the trench was steep vertical, he won't be able to climb and in tense situation to get to the Colonel , he chose the other side

[@timsparks1858]

In the real WW1 a soldier on both sides couldn't do that especially from a Frontline trench. Rifles and Machine Guns had a average maximum range of 600- 800 yards. Many trench lines of both sides were much closer than that. A accurate depiction from a movie was with Daniel Craig in it some years ago.

[@KazeHorse]

Well there was no gps or signs to follow back then on the front line - my guess is the messengers had to go to the front and ask the soldiers stationed there on where to go and how to find who they need to find.

[@timsparks1858]

Runners knew where to go. They were attached to the Frontline units. It was their regular job. They knew to stay in and run in the trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire.Outside the trench line was a long way back.

[@maxsoon1097]

I have ordered to tell you to stopped the attack. Whereas the soldiers been slaughtered outside. Boom, kaboom.

[@greenthunder1000]

????

[@user-sm6ov8hj1p]

怖いことでつらいですよね 🇯🇵日本わへいはです✨人は死ぬうんめいなので、生きるのはむずいとおもいます 国と荒らしても人が死ぬだけですよね。

[@user-sm6ov8hj1p]

まちがえた😂

[@user-ew8jd9lb6z]

2023

[@Thekennel177]

How does a large artillery shell explode feet from men and those men don’t splatter across the ground? Total BS.

[@sudhirbumbariya8103]

Movie name???

[@gyorgylitvai1478]

1917

[@spec-fict]

I know it's set in 1917 but what's the film called?

[@Blacloud]

@@spec-fict The film is called "1917". That's the title.

[@apratimroy]

@@spec-fict 2019, as in the video title.

[@f.r.y5857]

_1917_

[@timothy1949]

running through a perfectly fine green field in front of soldiers charging towards invisible enemies 2km away, I wonder what would happen if he decided do his same little running BEHIND their own fucking trench instead of running in front of. but hey, this is one of the most realistic war movies ever, this is wt the boys would have done.

[@Berserker3624]

After pounding there lines with artillery and then advancing with artillery as cover, those lads had more brains than just ‘clog their machine guns with our blood’

[@Calh92]

Because there would be a network of support trenches in the way you genius, as he's making his way through the trench you can see soldiers moving in and out of them

[@MarcKershaw]

Terrible tactics

[@AnthonyGarlic-tr9br]

Spine chilling 🤢🤢😲

[@user-qx3lx2sl1f]

bill collector found him

[@Grandizer8989]

I don’t get how clean the battlefield is. No craters, rotting bodies, dead horses, spent canisters… it does a disservice to the men who saw action in WW1

[@johnnk3256]

This was a new line created by the Germans after retreating from no man's land. The British troops dug that trench at that distance practically over night as they caught up to the new German line. That's why its so pristine.

[@bkjeong4302]

Did you not watch the first half hour of the movie?!

[@Grandizer8989]

@@bkjeong4302 I’m talking about this battlefield

[@ewanc1]

@@Grandizer8989It's a new battlefield. The Germans had withdrawn and the 2nd Devons were advancing towards the Germans' new line. The reason why the field is so pristine is that this ground hadn't been fought over/shelled for 3 years hence the lack of bodies/shell holes/barbed wire etc.

[@joblessmf420]

​​@@Grandizer8989It's explained at the start of the movie. Just watch the whole movie. They spent a large part of the movie going through no man's land that looked exactly like what you just described. Nothing here does a disservice to anyone.