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Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terence Davies,
Benediction explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden). The writer and soldier was a complex man who survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery but who became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war when he returned from service. His poetry was inspired by his experiences on the Western Front, and he became one of the leading war poets of the era. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London’s literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality. At the same time, broken by the horror of war, he made his life’s journey a quest for salvation, trying to find it within the conformity of marriage and religion.
Original Release
10/05/2021
US Release
06/03/2022
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Thom Ashley | Hamo Sassoon |
Orlando Jopling | Conductor |
Christopher Naylor | Tailor |
Geraldine James | Theresa Thornycroft |
Simon Russell Beale | Robbie Ross |
Peter Capaldi | Siegfried Sassoon (Older) |
Richard Goulding | George Sassoon |
Jude Akuwudike | Priest |
Daniel Tuite | Major McCartney-Filgate |
Mark Oosterveen | First Army Doctor |
Directors
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Thom Ashley | Hamo Sassoon |
Orlando Jopling | Conductor |
Christopher Naylor | Tailor |
Geraldine James | Theresa Thornycroft |
Simon Russell Beale | Robbie Ross |
Peter Capaldi | Siegfried Sassoon (Older) |
Richard Goulding | George Sassoon |
Jude Akuwudike | Priest |
Daniel Tuite | Major McCartney-Filgate |
Mark Oosterveen | First Army Doctor |
Steven Pacey | Second Army Doctor |
Joyce Henderson | Matron |
Ben Daniels | Dr. Rivers |
Matthew Tennyson | Wilfred Owen |
Torquil Munro | Pianist |
Chrissy Roberts | Singer |
Bobby Robertson | Taxi Driver |
Suzanne Bertish | Lady Ottoline / Lady Ottoline Morrell |
Georgina Rylance | Dorothy Brett |
Joanna Bacon | Lady Sybil Colefax |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack Lowden | Executive Producer |
Paul Ashton | Executive Producer |
Margarethe Baillou | Executive Producer |
Lizzie Francke | Executive Producer |
Rose Garnett | Executive Producer |
Sam Gordon | Executive Producer |
Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
Stephen Kelliher | Executive Producer |
Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
Jim Mooney | Executive Producer |
Walli Ullah | Executive Producer |
Deborah Aston | Producer |
Michael Elliott | Producer |