Regeneration | movie | 1997 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumat | dG1fMzBmcGFxTnNFb00

Transcript

00:00 [music]

00:05 Sometimes in the trenches, you get the sense of something ancient.

00:11 [explosion]

00:12 It's as if all the other wars had distilled themselves into this war,

00:15 and that made it something you almost can't challenge.

00:19 [explosion]

00:20 [music]

00:22 It's like a very deep voice saying, "Run along, little man. Be glad you've survived."

00:29 You'll get another period of sick leave, and then another, and so on, until the war ends.

00:36 And you despise me.

00:40 Do you remember the attack?

00:41 Yes, it was exactly like any other attack.

00:44 I look back, the ground was covered with wounded, lying on top of each other, writhing,

00:50 like fish in a pond that's drying out.

00:53 Interesting, isn't it, that you're one of the very few people here who doesn't stammer?

00:58 I think it's even more interesting that you do.

01:01 In the name of civilization, men are being sent to maim and slaughter their fellow men.

01:07 And it remains for civilization to prove that their martyrdom isn't a dirty swindle.

01:11 What do you want, Mr. Sassoon?

01:14 The army to surrender?

01:15 The Kaiser in Whitehall?

01:16 I want it all to stop!

01:18 [music]

01:26 Why don't you bring me some of your poems to look at?

01:30 You might prefer a dose of mustard gas.

01:32 [music]

02:00 [BLANK_AUDIO]