The War Below
6.5
“Hope runs deep.”
During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.
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Cast
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Sam Hazeldine
William Hawkin
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Tom Goodman-Hill
Hellfire Jack
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Kris Hitchen
Harold Stockford
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Elliot J. Langridge
George MacDonald
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Sam Clemmett
Charlie MacDonald
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Joseph Steyne
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Sonny Ashbourne Serkis
Henry
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Anna Maguire
Jane Hawkin
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Andrew Scarborough
Colonel Fielding
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Douglas Reith
Field Marshal Haig
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Jake Wheeldon
Captain Leonard Graves
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Philip Correia
Second Lieutenant David Kelly
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J.P. Watts Director · Thomas Woods Screenplay Anne Kulonen Composer
Budget $653K · United States release November 10, 2026 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Budget
$653,095
Production
Vital Pictures
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · April 15, 2021
Digital · VOD
United Kingdom · September 10, 2021
Limited theatrical
United States · November 10, 2026
Digital
Australia
January 1, 2022 · Digital
Brazil
December 2, 2021 · Digital · VOD
France
April 21, 2021 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
October 20, 2021 · Digital · Canal+ (ex myCanal)
October 20, 2021 · TV · Canal+
October 8, 2026 · TV · Action
Germany
October 13, 2022 · Digital
October 21, 2022 · Physical
Japan
November 4, 2021 · Digital
Netherlands
May 5, 2021 · Physical
New Zealand
January 1, 2022 · Digital
Russia
November 5, 2021 · Digital
South Korea
December 2, 2021 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 10, 2021 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 10, 2021 · Digital
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