The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
Field Marshal Sir John French
Sylvia Pankhurst
Music Hall Star
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Bertie Smith
George Smith
President Poincare
Nurse
Drunk Lance Corporal
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Stephen
French Colonel
Gen. von Moltke
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Emperor Franz Josef
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Sir Edward Grey
Eleanor
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
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