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1917 (2019)

★ 8.0 · 13,477 ratings on TMDB

Time is the enemy.

1917 poster★ 8.0

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

DirectorSam Mendes
CastAdrian Scarborough, Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, Daniel Mays
GenresDrama, History, War
The emergence reading

1917 keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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