Benediction
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WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon, decorated for battlefield bravery, becomes a fierce anti-war dissenter while navigating secret love affairs with men.
Why watch: Terence Davies' final film — a poet's life rendered as elegy.
Cast
Jack Lowden as Siegfried Sassoon
Peter Capaldi as Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
Simon Russell Beale as Robbie Ross
Jeremy Irvine as Ivor Novello
Calam Lynch as Stephen Tennant
Tom Blyth as Glen Byam Shaw
Kate Phillips as Hester Gatty
Gemma Jones as Hester Gatty (Older)
Geraldine James as Theresa Thornycroft
Ben Daniels as Dr. Rivers
Edmund Kingsley as Rex Whistler
Harry Lawtey as Bobby Andrews
Anton Lesser as Stephen Tennant (Older)
Lia Williams as Edith Sitwell
Suzanne Bertish as Lady Ottoline Morrell
Crew
Terence Davies — Director
Terence Davies — Writer
Michael Elliott — Producer
Nicola Daley — Director of Photography
Alex Mackie — Editor
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