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Synopsis
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. 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.
Title | Benediction |
Companies | Bankside Films, BBC Film, Creative England, EMU Films, BFI, Reiver Pictures, M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, Lipsync Productions |
Countries | United Kingdom, United States of America |
Keywords | world war i, poet, biography, lgbt, military hospital, 1910s, gay theme, war poet |

Jack Lowden
Siegfried Sassoon
Peter Capaldi
Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
Simon Russell Beale
Robbie Ross
Jeremy Irvine
Ivor Novello
Calam Lynch
Stephen Tennant
Tom Blyth
Glen Byam Shaw
Kate Phillips
Hester Gatty
Gemma Jones
Hester Gatty (Older)
Geraldine James
Theresa Thornycroft
Ben Daniels
Dr. Rivers
Edmund Kingsley
Rex Whistler
Harry Lawtey
Bobby Andrews
Anton Lesser
Stephen Tennant (Older)
Lia Williams
Edith Sitwell
Suzanne Bertish
Lady Ottoline Morrell
Jude Akuwudike
Priest
Joanna Bacon
Lady Sybil Colefax
Matthew Tennyson
Wilfred Owen
Julian Sands
Chief Medical Officer
Thom Ashley
Hamo Sassoon
Richard Goulding
George Sassoon
David Shields
Alexander Fenton
Edward Bennett
T.E. Lawrence
Stacey Lynn Crowe
Nurse
Jamie-Lee Beacher
Nurse
Paddy Rowan
Young Soldier
Kellie Shirley
Singing Girl
Daniel Tuite
Major McCartney-Filgate
Mark Oosterveen
Army Doctor
Steven Pacey
Army Doctor
Joyce Henderson
MatronTorquil Munro
Pianist
Georgina Rylance
Dorothy BrettJonathan Broadbent
Robert GravesOlivia Darnley
Edith Oliver