"COWARD"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ม.ค. 2013
- "COWARD" is a 28 minute film set during World War 1 that brings to light some of the brutal treatment soldiers received for suffering what would now be known as shell-shock. It follows two cousins, Andrew and James, from their home in Northern Ireland who join the British Army to fight for their Country and make their families proud. Through their eyes we see the reality of life on the front lines.
To contact the Filmmakers please see below:
Director - David Roddham
(US Agent) Martin Spencer, Resolution, ph: +(424) 274 4225
(UK Agent) Anthony Mestriner, Casarotto Ramsey & Associates ph: +44 (0)2072874450
(Manager) Ari Lubet, Anonymous Content +(310) 558 6214
See the Featurette about the making of "Coward" here vimeo.com/39576280
Producer - Dave Komaroni
c/o Different, ph: +44 (0)7789433555
Cinematographer - Stephen Murphy
(Agent) Rob Little, Dinedor Management ph: +44 (0)2074708712
A 2K DCP is also available for Industry screenings.
Please visit our Facebook page for more info on the making of the film and the filmmakers
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These are the type of directors that deserve to be budgeted millions
Ben Dobbing why they are not American if you know what I mean even though half of Hollywood actors are from UK or eu
Ben Dobbing
Micheal Bay
Ben Dobbing Agreed
If he had a big budget for this movie,main characters would be afro-american transgender lesbian and non-binary person indentifying as a brick
Paul D You're really taking "adding diversity to media" to the extreme. And if they played their diversity well and still had personalities past "I'm lesbian" they'd be fine.
Damn, this looks better than most big-budget war movies.
ancalites warhorse
Well, it IS shorter than the average movie.
ancalites no it fucking isn't
these are some of the best
. unbroken
. saving private Ryan
. hacksaw ridge
and that's just of the top of my head the top 3 best ww2 films
JeXX He said most you idiot
JeXX you're an idiot, good sir
"My bad, dude."
-British Government, 2006
What is the movie name?
@@nahidhasan-vy2zz u dum?
So you'd have rather done nothing in 2006?
@@TravelWithBradley It's too little, too late
An apology nearly a century later is pretty meaningless. At that point both victim and perpetrator have been long gone. It's like someone who never committed a crime apologizing to someone who was never a victim of a crime.
@@GrizzlyTank I disagree, but yeh, if true no reason to moan.
The fact that cinematography, lighting, sets and pacing is better than like 90% of movies released now is astonishing
How do people like you write comments like this and claim to be serious? You're a complete joke.
"In 2006, the British Government agreed to pardon all 306 soldiers for these battlefield offenses"
Uhh...i think its a little too late for that
Never too late to apologise for a bad deed.
Madly Loop Humans evolve, we see the errors of the past and adapt.
Y quien puede perdonar a gran Bretaña por su asesinato. Un muerto no puede perdonar!
@@Dylan-vj9yl Not even close, it was one blank in five live rounds, what would you do if the man with the live round flinched or missed? There was also never a point where the British army was executing 8 men a day. If they did it at that rate i2 would be 12,000 men throughout the war or a couple of fighting regiments.
And utterly pointless. You cannot re-write history or impose today's values on earlier times. And the people in power in pardoning/apologizing 90 years later had absolutely nothing to do with decisions and policies of the time .
I wanted to learn more about World War One and instead I got super depressed
+Maxwell Gaines So if it was just about WW1 and 12 million dead you would have been HAPPIER? Only kidding, WW1 is also my interest. There are good documentaries here and even better lectures. Good Luck learning its a Great subject.
+MB Eighties Agreed and thank you.
+VaultBoy it's*
+VaultBoy Thank you so much for telling me that. I've been really interested in WWI lately and I've been trying to find videos. Also, I needed information for a history project on WWI. I appreciate it!!
+Willy bob Another good one is verdun
Imagine having a horrendous nightmare and to only be woke up inside a trench, knee deep in mud somewhere in France. Ending was very moving.
that's not as bad as having a horrendous nightmare and waking up in a french trench.
ugh i cant imagine, i feel bad for the people who have to wake up in france every day its truly horrifying
Waking up from one nightmare to another seems just like God playing a cruel trick on you
This was not in France. It was in Belgium.
@@ilikecheese4518 As a French person, it is truly horrible
I live in Flanders fields, i am grateful every day for their sacrifice. I salute every soldier who gave his live.
An honourable statement by you Sir
And they there above, they smile down at you and they thank you for saying that.
Sacrifice for what? You sir have an extremely poor grasp of history if you think any righteous cause started this conflict
They died for nothing. Nothing at all looking back.
@@mrplainview9040 dumb thing to say considering the outcome of the war could have been different meaning the world today may be extremely different. They died protecting their homelands dude, that isn't for nothing.
my opinion...WW1 was by far the worst time period to be a soldier
U can't say that... All the wars are horrible, look at Stalingrad only, or Iwo Jima
In WW2 you died a hero, no matter which side you were on. WW1 was by far the worst time to be a soldier.
please god anything but that Vietnam was worse you came home to a country who hated you
Lol realy? Vietnam? It was worse for Vetnamiens, not US soldiers
Mister AmaZing I'm Vietnamese but I don't live in Vietnam I was born in California and yeah
Isn't it sweet that the 306 soldiers executed for desertion were pardoned 88 years later? Happy ending.
That's England for ye
Rest in pieces
Shhh they wont understand
toocoolforu chill out😂
It's not a conspiracy, just inform yourself. I don't blame you though, it took me a long time to get red pilled.
My Grandfather was a wagoner in the Army during WW1...81st 319th infantry, known as the Blue Mountain soldiers as they were all from PA, OH, and WVa in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He came back a violent alcoholic, who tortured my grandmother, my father and his siblings physically and mentally. After watching a few documentaries, I saw what he went through with “shell shock”..no wonder he drank. No one in my family has put this together; they prefer to make him a villain and a drunk instead of acknowledging what was really going on with him. This has changed how I feel about a man I barely knew..he was born in 1889, and I was born in 1962. I only had him in my life for 6 years, and I don’t remember a lot about him, but I remember that he kept his bayonet under his bed, and there was a picture of him in his doughboy uniform.
US troops were there for mere months ...
@@shellc6743 that doesn't change what they went through
@@theangrycanuck8331 well said, the fact US troops were only there at the end does not mean they didn’t suffer the horror of war.
@@shellc6743 yes and they still experienced the hell of war
"Over There "by George M. Cohen was the song those "doughboys" sang to fight in lands they had no stake in. People were different back then, there was certain stations in society/ culture. Even today effects of WW1 changed the landscape of France and Germany. Different times and people back then..look up Victorian Age society. Titanic only sank two years prior to start of the Great War. WW1 was basically a bunch of Empires slugging it out. Patton actually yelled at a soilder he found to be "slacking," that had shell shock, trauma on the Italian or North African front. Even as we speak, Ukrainian and Russian soliders are duking it out from.leftover sh*t and using WW2 era weapons too..
My great, great uncle fought as a Captain in the british army in WW1. He was killed at the battle of paschendale. Every ANZAC day i pay respect to every single soldier that fought in any war, because they truly deserve our thoughts and our love.
My Great, great Uncle fought in Gallipoli and later on in Azerbaijan(maybe against the Russians), he died 2 weeks before the war ended to Disease.(He was English)
my great grandad fought in the somme, was killed in delville wood
My great grandfather fighted the nazis in leningrad in 1944 but he died doing his last stand i have my father's medal of honor for his honorable last stand
@@user-ym8vk1tn4d That was a siege that lasted for 2 and half years or so. Was he there for the whole siege? Hang on to that medal they are notoriously easy to lose..
@@evildead9708 yes he died like i said they tried to attack that trench but his team got shot like i dont remember but my father told me there was like 24 of them or 30+ and they stayed in the trench meanwhile there where many germs like a hundred or so, but they killed half of the germs but there was still many of them so they called for artillery and there, they killed about 100+ germs with that artillery but they died because of the artillery
Finally, I can watch this without my classmates laughing at the accents and captions the whole time.
When I was in school and we rarely got to watch something interested, the other classmates seemed to often complain or be a bother
In England we laugh at American accents
@@haroldshepherd3613 I don't blame ya
@@haroldshepherd3613 Noooo you don't. 😒
Inquisitor Krieger atleast in my school
"In 2006, eighty-eight years after the First World War Armistice, the British Government agreed to pardon all 306 soldiers executed for these battlefield offences."
I can still hear those soldiers in their graves: "Fuck youuuuuu!!!!"
SoulDevil92 Yep
SoulDevil92 😐😐😐😐 the last part wasn't funny
can we just get over it.
creeper craft gaming 200 people disagree with you
Right this is bloody youtube. What do YOU expect. of course there aren't gonna be some people with no bloody humour. So grow up and get over it !!
I love how this is more accurate than most hollywood films nowadays feels nice to watch 10/10
There is another very surprising aspect to WW1. In 1914 my grandfather joined the 5th Battalion York and Lancs Regiment in Rotherham Yorkshire. The Battalion was Territorial, so part time/ weekend soldiers. Until 1915 when they were sent to France. They were demobbed in 1919 and the survivors returned to marry and start families. Then in the 1920s something amazing happened - they rejoined the Battalion. You would think that they would have had enough of soldiering, but this was their hobby! Our local museum in Rotherham has a collection of photographs of them out on exercise in the nearby Peak District, all with big smiles and enjoying themselves. When WW2 started many went back to France as senior NCOs to do it all again. But by this time Grandad James Duke had lost his sight. He had been awarded the Military Medal for saving life during a gas attack and this may have contributed to his later blindness. So his contribution to WW2 was in using his blind skills to help people find their way during the blackout and blitz in the nearby city of Sheffield. I remember a jolly kind man full of jokes.
Sounds like bullshit. Omg we need to get the civilians out of this warzone oh i know lets use the guy who will trip over a fucking doorjam to lead them out of the city
@@Hotzi359 huh
I'm from Rotherham. You grandad sounds like a honorable man.
every now and then you find a little treasure in utube....... this is one of them.
Graham Husk TH-cam
Bineto Mussolini utube
TH-cam*
shut tha fuk up u gramer natzi’s yalls r cancer
Your pipes
"I felt the same then as I feel now, that the leaders in the offices should have been the ones given the guns and made to fight it out themselves rather than organising mass murder"
Harry Patch - the last ever British WW1 soldier
It sounds like a line from a System Of A Down song: “Why don’t presidents fight the war, why do they always send the poor?”
@@PinoliCanoli politicians hide themselves away, they only started the war. Why should they go out to fight? They leave that all to the poor.
"we fought against europeans and conquered the whole world, just to lose our country 100 years later" a british today in london
@@samomileos
so well said. Won a few wars and battles. Lost the fight for having your own country. So ridiculous
I remember watching this video years ago in high school, I am shocked and glade that this has almost 10m views and people use this as reference when discussing such topics. good job you nailed it like the romans.
I don't recall a film in recent memory that has portrayed the absolute hell that the men went thru in WWI with such visceral detail. All war is hell, but from what we have learned by survivors and stories regarding WW1, this one was exceptionally brutal. Godspeed to those who fought in this war, and for all the sacrifices they laid down for us to be here today.
Journey's end is the most realistic and visceral portrayal of WW1 and how it ruined men's minds.
"Living it up in some farm house!"
Silly soldier, living is above your rank.
Alex de Moya The upper classes of Britain lost an entire generation of young men.Most were officers and were always the first to go over the top,leading their men.
Shaun Davenport All classes in all involved societies lost a generation of young men.
Maxim Kretsch what on Earth could you know about military history,you're about 7yrs old!!Stick to face painting. P.s I am only joking.Warped sense of humour.:-)
@@shaundavenport9855 The british upper class made this war.
@@vanlendl1 Now that is true!
"The war to end all wars."
-"It ended nothing."
Totally not a Bf1 line
And we learned nothing either.
@@tip397 we did create tanks and improved war tactics.
Learned it from battlefield
best battlefield game no doubt about it
Well I'm damned. The best half an hour of acting. Drama. And emotion .And not to mention special effects I have seen for a long time. A very well done
Keep coming back to watch time and time again...so well done! I want a 130 minutes version of this.
This is cinema-quality right here.
Simply outstanding.
ginger's are destroying this country
*guy gets shot and dies* *moves leg off of chair*
wlpxx7 He was still alive though, that's why the officer shot him with the pistol.
Dead bodies often move due to muscles still relaxing and it's perfectly plausible the leg was slowly moving off the chair and then dropped down
you can clearly see him lift up his leg and put it down slowly
My great grandfather, Austin Grimes, fought for the United States in WWI. He was stationed in France, only nineteen years old. He suffered from exposure to mustard gas, which left him with open sores and scars until he died in his 50's. He also saved an airman during WWI by pulling him from a burning plane. He returned home after the war to become an attorney and mayor of Little Falls, Minnesota, where he was born. He was also good friends with famous pilot Charles Lindbergh, also from Little Falls. My family still has my great-grandfather's diary, chronicling his experiences in the war. I hope that it will someday be published. Thank you for reading this- I've always found his life story to be an amazing one and I'm glad that I could share it with you.
The Loop Productions Nice story, bro! ;P My great grandfather fought in WW2 as an italian Africa corps, and he (fortunatelly) died of old age... :'(
Great story. Thanks for sharing it. I hope future generations of your family will remember and carry on the story.
yup!
The Loop Productions If you got that published i'd read it.
The Loop Productions My grandfather fought for the Germans on 1944 and died .
Did he was an hero ?
Exceptional film depicting an accurate view of battle and trauma. I feel for the soldier shot and for the commanders passing judgement. Neither understood what was really going on in combat, otherwise they'd never have allowed men to be stuck in trenches for so long a period of time. The war might be over but the pain is still felt today, lest we forget the sacrifices those men made for us. Well done
Came here very cynical of a less than 30 minute short film about WW1. I left absolutely blown away by it. Wow, never ever judge a book, or in this case film by its cover. Simply put, BRAVO!!!
My great grandfather was a British Major in the western front in the frontlines of the somme 4 years of Frontline Combat , He was shot and gassed and still Gave his Regiment Motivation his diary said this ''All my years I fought and bleed to see young men die of blind orders from Madmen who call themselves an Officer and a gentleman" Major James A, Williams ,Kings Royal Regiment 2nd Battalion
Im sorry for you
Adam Williams ist das isch guet and in
Almost Every Officer In WW1 we're all Rich High Class men They rarely fought with there Regiments ''Any officer Who doesn't lead there soldiers in to battle are just sending them out to die''
That's pretty cool, man. Although I have no family members who served in WW1, I do have my grandpa who commanded the landing craft flotilla in the Bay of Pigs invasion, and continued his naval career all the way through Vietnam. His Navy career ended in 1977 so he joined the CIA. The guy even had dinner with Noriega.
John Wayne that's interesting
A century ago today, the world rejoiced.
A century ago today, the world stopped bleeding.
A century ago today, the world mourned.
A century ago today, fathers, brothers and sons would not return to their families.
A century ago today, they laid in the fields, the farms and the country sides.
A century ago today, 17 million would be slain for this resolution.
Today we remember them, the brave and courageous who so selflessly gave themselves up. Lest we forget.
MeatusBeatus I can’t take you serious because of your name and profile pic I’m sorry 😂😂😂
But yet I like what you have said
Lil Yeet yeet shhhhhh
What gain did they so selflessly give themselves up for?
Rasmus Hjelm an inch of blood soaked dirt.
One of the best depictions of the Great War I’ve seen. Amazing work by everyone involved. Absolutely loved it!
One of the most excellent displays of film I've seen. I was moved.
Imagine being the first one going up the ladder, just standing there for a couple minutes waiting for the whistle.
Yeah fuck going first
Fuck
I thought this was some meme shit but it was some deep shit
Lollapool Awesome I thought so too haha
Lollapool Awesome lol,me too. Judging by the title I did,"COWARD". But this was a pretty splendid WW1 film.
Lollapool Awesome I know, right
Lollapool Awesome - True true,
Also 300th like
Lollapool Awesome this is not funny
"I came here to get away from the rain"
As a Flemish person I find this inordinately funny
Very moving and excellent portrayal of what is sadly true of so many cases .... Brave men who did their duty and more, yet were given a label they never deserved and consigned to be an ill memory for decades. They deserved so much more 😢
"You didn't run away from the enemy, so you're a coward." Logic.
+Popo Sandybanks Was thinking the same thing, how can you be desserting if you kinda stay on the battlefield while the other ''desserts'' hahaha
+Popo Sandybanks He was a "coward" because he didn't immediately follow orders to get the machine gun.
Surrendering to an enemy is a cowardice act to do.
the would be standing their ground in the trenches not surrendering
***** Back then shell shock didn't exist
The average WWI video commentator:
>Watches a TH-cam movie about the Great War while laying in bed with laptop
>Is now an expert on war and how horrible it is
>Claims to have a better tactical and strategic vision than the generals, junior officers, and men involved in the fighting
>Does not actually offer any alternatives
>Bravest act ever personally performed: swearing at someone on TH-cam
The generals of the time weren't stupid by a long shot. They just didn't keep up with technology. 20/20 foresight is impossible, 20/20 hindsight is easy.
Sure most would compared to the majority of my fathers countries. Sorry but of the English commanders my great-grandfather fought and died for had equal amount of capability as internet talkers aside from actually being in charge
+RubioNegroZaravia Sadly but quite true that most of the people laying in bed while watching TH-cam have more tactical and strategic knowledge than these upper class privileged generals and officers had !!!
+RubioNegroZaravia Very true-just look at some of the comments below! Usual tripe about stupid generals,averse to new technology etc ad nauseum.
David Worsley Yes, WW1 was a fantastic endeavour and a job well done. They don't call it the ”great” war for nothing now do they? Wouldn't have my 20th century history any other way, nope.
the way i literally jumped out of my chair on the first gunshot i have never gotten so scared in my life
So much story in 28mins amazing work from everyone involved and the acting was amazing
This video deserves sooo many awards. Best acting, best effects, best filming, best directing, best story. This is honestly the best short film on WWI I've ever seen, and it may not seem like much, but all i can offer are these complements. Seriously amazing work!!
I agree
Judah Callahan I agree
Your absolutely right!
Yep
for half the time he's out of the trench, he's is just sitting there though. In reality, if he even popped out into the open for more then 5 seconds, a German sniper would of shot him.
I’m learning about WWI in school. My teacher was telling my class about this film. Then I found it and after watching it, I was blown away. I now know how harsh, difficult, and scary it was. I can’t imagine how scary it was. I’m so glad I found this. Incredible film, great job. Thank you veterans, thank you.
studied history most of my life and out of every conflict since the middle ages ive read aboiut ww1 is def the absolute worst in every way and it just got worse and worse as more tech showed up on the battlefields that noone knew how to properly impliment into combat doctrines cause they were so knew like tanks
@@theblazingpegasus9151 yeeaahhhh nah. WW1 was bad but it wasn't the worst. It wasn't the worst in death toll, percent of troops that died or atrocities. It was definitely among the worst but not the worst.
@@extendocats8533 i think its the worst in experiences tho im talking about what the average soldier went through each day the awful and sometime meaningless ways you could die. hell one wrong slip and u may fall in the mud and fucking drown literally dying for no reason but a simple mistake that why i think it was the worst obviously in terms of those things
@Ferret Master24 I totally agree
Brocket Hockey same
Very sad...RIP brave soldiers,none deserved this punishment and you are all heroes for the hell you went through even before death. 😔🎖🏴
This was absolutely brutally amazing. Had me hooked from start to finish.
You thought WW2 was nasty combat...I think I'd rather do that than WWI trench warfare.
I mean, you've got hundreds of guys literally drowning in the mud, wasting energy constantly digging in between getting shot at, ALWAYS being wet and practically rotting away from it, navigating a maze of dead men and enemies, and being ordered to CHARGE directly into machine gun fire when you aren't huddling in a trench.
Not to mention the bloody mustard gas
Camericans
Oh yeah. How could I forget all the experimentation with industrialized chemical warfare....
Did you know you were more likely to die from just being in a trench than dieing by a soldier.One infection and you are screwed.
yep trench foot
War never changes, the initial drive for a war is if there is something to gain, whether its money, material, or power and influence And in reality there is only loss for the people stuck within the conflict whether you are a soldier, civilian or worker, and the only gain there is goes to the machine with no human compassion and has nothing to lose except for the machine itself
Crazy to think he went through all that just to be quartered and shot by his own people
the other went through all that too, but since they fight and managed to kill, while he didnt. and also letting the other soldier died, he got into trouble by being viewed a coward. his friend was not going to be executed because he was literally weak, while he wasnt, only shock, but still. tbh execution didnt worth any of it whatsoever in the past or even now.
That is a good definition for insanity
That's not what "quartered" means.
@@charleswilliams1062 The true cowards were the upper class cunts who led WW I, which was started largely due to a personal vendetta and cost millions of people their lives. and permanently damaged millions more.
Not surprising at all... We see footages of N Korean soldiers upholding the tyranny that goes with that country by shooting anyone willing to to get out.. You can than come to America and see how co-workers interact among each other.. Fighting, ready to tell/snitch and get someone fired over some low to medium drama. The workers that complain about other’s missing work are on par to these men that will shoot their comrades who fought side by side for at least 2-3 battles.
Why is this the first time I'm seeing this? Thank you youtube recommendations. The acting was unbelievably good, the visuals and set design amazing, it felt real, dark, and gritty as ww1 is often described.
thank you so much for continuous support of our film. I really appreciate this. D
If you pause the video in the opening credits, your mouse will fit perfectly into the bottom of the K's in the text.
that there is something only a stoner would see
and I should know because I saw it too
no you didn’t.
0:46
Nic(k) Moran 0:46 hahahaha
stupidpeoplecallmesmart I'm on mobile
"Coward" the WW1 film I shot is now online in full, in1080p, on TH-cam
"COWARD"
What the Film lacks in Length, it makes good in Quality. Well done, and thank you very much for sharing it.
A damn good movie, props to making a masterpiece.
That was incredibly well made. Looks like it has a ton of views too, so people are taking notice. I don't know that I've ever seen such a high ratio of likes to dislikes (well over 30:1).
fantastic short clip
Gtm013000
Quality work, all those involved should be proud.
Powerful and moving... God bless them all, each and every one.
His cousin had to be his executioner. That's... there are no words for how awful that is.
have to keep the micks in line old chap
+MACK D
Yea sure, let's mentaly scar our loved ones for life.
Worst fucking idea ever.
Wtf are you even talking about?
If we are talking about war then honor lies in fighting and dying besides your fellow man on the battlefield, not getting executed by loved ones.
I don't know why you are getting so defensive about this, but you should really try to relax. Still there is no reason for it to be either a loved one nor "a young child".
And for your information, I did server for a year in the royal guard.
Mack D that's some dirty chest hair
Never again!
Next time we fight as brothers.
Best wishes from Germany.
shindo200 How about not fighting at all?
+Dan Bessermann not possible
Dan Bessermann You say, living in a country where people are sacrificing their lives for you to be "comfortable", you say on a system of connections that has transformed war to be even more efficient at killing, you say as you stuff your face with more food then some towns unfortunate enough to not be under the same flag as you, get in a week, you say, as so many god damned people are suffering because none among them are willing to do this "evil" concept called fighting, your an ignorant peace-born who in the end will just keep the cycle going. also its one thing to present a problem and a solution, but you just presented a problem assuming others will fix it for you, disgusting.
how you do 666 you talk of peace as if you hate it? why do you bother fighting for it. warmonger
There is no such thing as peace on earth
This just came up in my feed. Truly amazing work.
How can anyone put a thumbs down for this wonderful video. Those poor guys went through hell and it was the same for the Germans. That bloody officer should have gone and got the gun.He was the weak one. He knew that they were friends, but he made his friend kill him.Half of those officers had no back bone.Whoever fought in those terrible wars, God Bless them all.🥰😀😷🦋🏴
I think real patriotism isn't just being proud of your country, but being proud of the countries who fought with you, as well as against you. Mutual respect does wonders, and believe it or not, not all the Nazis or even the Japanese were truly bad.
+Baron Mike Mangini you seem like a bright individual
Baron Mike Mangini you definately are fucking stupid
I agree with you. For example. I'm from Czech Republic. So we were under Astro-Hungary in WW1. Nobody from CZE wanted to fight in that war but they can't choose. So my grand grand father fought in that war in Italy for Astro-Hungary and Germany. He had no choice. At least he came but with one leg only.
A lot of the Nazis were forced to join actually Baron
I know, just saying I hate the Japanese, even the culture.
My great great grandad fought here and unfortunately was killed in action
A war where lions were led by donkeys
If you think they were donkeys you don’t know enough about it. Seriously research it and you’ll see it was lions leading lions. Maybe at the beginning they weren’t good because no war had ever been fought this way but by they end they were the best they had ever been. Also generals had a higher chance of dying than officers. Please learn history and don’t disrespect all of them. Every single person who fought deserve equal respect it doesn’t matter about rank. Anyway generals frequently went over the top of their own freewill (seems brave to me). They were all lions on all sides and people like you who get told one thing then believe it are a problem. They were some of the bravest men ever, far more than you or I. All of them. Treat them as they deserve. Because I guarantee you couldn’t do it. Lions the lot of them.
@@georgevigne8976 I think he meant the kings and politicians by "donkeys" and not generals. And it would be true if he did mean the politicians.
Mian _3 ye that would be more true but still none of them knew what to do because it had never happened before, but ye they weren’t the best though some were alright
My great great uncles fought in the trenches and all were mown down. I’ve still got their medals now. Lions led by donkeys indeed.
@@georgevigne8976 well said
The acting, lighting, props and everything else is perfect
This is much better than hollywood itself!
That was a VERY short 25 minutes. BRILLIANT short film!!
I cannot even begin to imagine what war must have been like in the trenches. I can’t think of a harder position to put a soldier in for any amount of time. Always scared. Always on edge. Always ready to die. God bless the men who served in ww1. True warriors.
I only honor those fallen for the Central Powers :-) They fought for something much more honorable, and were much more heroic in the face of insurmountable odds, and of course they were the ones to be demonized and ridiculed into oblivion.
Der Rückkehrer found the Nazi.
@@GiDD504 Hmm. Case in point.
Der Rückkehrer hows that working out for you.
I would have sent the suffragettes to the trenches: "here's your equality, ladies".
I'm an American. I'm proud of my country for the most part, but I'm sick of all these ignorant morons thinking we won the war by ourselves. We just mopped up a tired, hungry, sick, poorly-supplied German army that didn't even know why they were fighting in the first place.
So, if you have anything to say, let it be respect for those who gave everything for their country, regardless of the flag they fought for. If you disagree with me, read All Quiet on the Western Front.
American loans and supplies is what kept the Entente fighting, while the mere promise of future American soldiers was enough to save the French Army in 1917 from collapse. In 1918, newly arrived American divisions were critical to the defense of Amiens and along the Aisne River during the Kaiserschlacht Offensive. The realization of the fact that 4 million fresh US troops would be used against them in 1919 played was a major factor seeking peace at the end of 1918. If it hadn't been for the US, the Central Powers would've won the war.
Here here Jeff.
Well said, I don't understand the hatred here, after all these conflict were a long time ago, and too many people were killed.
Austin Carroll dont forget that americans say the same about ww2... yet they also delivered steel to the germans - which the germans used to build tanks - used against americans... that logic though!
***** You're going too need to prove that claim with a source.
I can’t stop the tears. Fantastic videography, actors, and it was so atmospheric. Just like being there. But no one will ever know what it was like except those that were there. Absolute hell. RIP 🪦 to the fallen. And thank you for making this film.
Seeing this 5 years later still jerked at my heart strings. How can I be a coward when all that I can hear is telling me to run.
*refuses to retreat
*is a coward
Coldgie it's disobedience. Even now it will get you court marshaled
Coldgie well thats utterly shit
damn! imagine what director david roddham and his team could do with michael bay's budget. incredible. this is what youtube should be used for. this and educational videos. wow! just...wow!
Yeah that would be all well and good but you have 10-14 yr olds that just want "YEAAH LETS FUCK SHIT UP EXPLOSION EXPLOSION AND MOORRE EXPLOSION SHOOT UP THE PLACE FUCKING COOL GUY WITH SUNGLASSES AND 2 GIRLS N BOTH SIDES CARRYING 4 TOMMY GUNS AND A RPG WALKING DOWN THE ROAD FUCKS SHIT UUUUUPPPP YEAAAAAAH. So yeah, get what I mean?
I am 14, but I'm not that dumb.
b0sch lol
I don't really agree with anything that you said. TH-cam is made for content, not mini movies or educational videos only. And what you said about some people being like "Destroy everything yeah!" And like that, It's simply just adrenaline. People play wargames and horror games and movies to have adrenaline, simply that.
Well matey, fuck educational videos, we have this!
This was done really well. Bravo. Seriously whomever did this film has talent
All brothers in Arms.....100 years on we have deserted them..... god bless all those that fought for their cause. Rest in Peace
If the actor playing the lead character looks familiar to you, it's because he played a marine in HBO's The Pacific.
Tyson L Thank you, was killing myself trying to figure out who he's is.
The pacific was great show/mini series
I know, on episode 9 rn
Burgie i think he’s called. 7th Marines, mortar team
yup. R.V. Bergin
As someone from Northern Ireland, I couldn't believe I hadn't heard about this, the war can't be understood by people who weren't there to experience it, so all we can do is respect them. Big respect to all British soldiers who fought during the war, and to my great grandfather, who was killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
Alex St meh trying too hard
JamesTavRule
What don't we understand about WW1 that a person who experienced that particular war does? One example? Sure, we are not going to feel the emotional toll it took on soldiers but plenty of people have; and/or understand PTSD.
JamesTavRule . Is it true what I heard in a pub the other night yer great Grandpa died screaming from Syphilis ?
The war to end all wars ended nothing but the lives of innocent people
Matty Twist and guilty ones too. AKA the German army.
Martin McCann one of the two main actors in this, doesn't even have this short film mentioned on his Wikipedia page. Strange, since it mentions other short films that he appeared in. He did great work in this. As well as in "My Boy Jack" and "The Pacific." McCann deserves more recognition than he gets and should be in more prominent roles. He's been in a few WWI and WWII movies and short films.
my grandad was born in the workhouse. Fought in WW1 in the Irish Brigade died in WW2 ( 1944) from his wounds. He was wounded in WW1 and sent back and then gased in Flanders amongst the barley. It took 28 years for him to die from the chlorine gas, he suffered a lot
What a man. Extraordinary bravery. My condolences
Only 88 years to pardon men for suffering from battle fatigue/shell shock.
Far Too Little Far Too Late. It should have been done 88 years ago *not* 88 years later.
@Kyle Whitehead odd, they must of had no clue that humans didn't like getting shot at or stabbed or blown up. Weird. I'm surprised countries didn't have conscripted or drafted soliders.... O wait, they did. It's instinctual for humans to want to be comfortable and avoid danger.
@Kyle Whitehead Any one who has dealt with someone suffering from shell-shock/battle fatigue can tell that there's something wrong with the person suffering.
& yes they did know about the problem they just wouldn't admit that it existed. The self serving asses that made up the military upper echelon (whom were mainly glorified desk jockeys) back then.
Didn't want to admit that it existed or was a problem. Because it would have affected support from the civilian population. For the war if they knew what was going on.
This was the first war the machine gun and artillery shell had been used; nobody knew what to expect as far as damage to those who died or lived
Ofcrse brother..... But my teacher used to say " Rules are made for fools" ...nd those officers proved it......they were cowards not those soldiers...they sacrificed a lot than expected
Shots Fired there were millions and millions of people getting shot at, stabbed or blown up; they chose to run away. You’re quick to be the voice for those who ran away, but what about all their “friends” they abandoned to die without their help?
Reasons why the losses during WW1 were so high: -
- shithead officers like the one shown in the movie (arrogant, steeped in prestige and rank, oblivious to the changing nature of warfare)
- ignorance towards new weapons like long-range artillery and machine guns
- clinging to outdated tactics (massed infantry charges).
The British lost almost 20.000 soldiers during the first day during the Battle of the Somme on July 1st 1916, largely because they had completely overestimated the effectiveness of their artillery barrage and sent their troops against almost fully intact prepared German positions. All the Germans had to do was hold down the trigger and watch the British corpses pile up in front of them.
The German word for "battle" is "Schlacht". And the German verb "schlachten" means "to butcher/to slaughter". Which is exactly what happened.
But the way those suffering from shell shock (today known as PTSD) were treated was truly appauling: If they weren't shot for cowardice on the spot, they were "treated" with methods we'd consider torture today. I don't think that anyone can be considered a coward, who has seen such hell.
+Corristo89 Seriously? You seem to know the obvious but if it weren't for the Somme Verdun would have been lost and so to the war. Its easy to blame tactics and walking across bullet ridden battlefields but it wasn't done because of incompetence it was done to NOT LOSE THE WAR. Please look past the obvious. BTW - My Grand Father survived the first day at the Schwaben Redoubt (Ulster Division) and He would be the first to tell you dig a little deeper if you want the truth or just remain dim. SHELL SHOCK IS SHELL SHOCK PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PTSD is different - Tell me How many Americans were shelled by 15" Heavy guns in Iraq or Vietnam?
I think the faults were a lot higher up than the rank of Captain like the officer in this film. They had to attack and live in the trenches like the men they were leading, they were fully aware of the situations you are blaming them for. As for the strategy and tactics employed that is the fault of people way up the chain of command, but you do have to ask yourself. What would you have done differently?
Very true, but it was 100 years ago, a lot has changed since then. You can't compare tactics or techniques with now. War evolves time, people and technology (I am not condoning war, just stating a fact). If you were born in those times, you would think no better.
Can people stop spreading bullshit, a Grandpa of one of my friends actually did WW1.
- Infantery had an occupying role, massives charges in nml never happened, what they mostly would do is form small squads and send them to nml, but before that the sector had to be bombarded by Artellery.
- Officers would put their lives too, they trained for it, they where privileged shots for the snipers, most of thel where close to their soldiers.
Please, the Somme was such a big massacre because the artellery bombardment was badly made, not because they decided hey lets send them to this position and watch them die.
The part of how people where treated who came back from the war is horrifyingly accurate.
Corristo89 the officers were over confident, they thought the war was going to be like the ones before it, which is understandable, what isnt understandable is that they took so long to fix that.
Thank you Stephen.
This just about sums it up. Lost my teenage Great Uncle at Ypres . Suckered into falsifying his age and volunteering. Another young Aussie gone for nothing.
Great production, awesome job bringing this story to life, thank you !
It left me speechless.
The way it looks.
How it's accurate.
How it is.
Perfect.
Great Job.
Great f*cking job.
Corrupted Ark i know
Corrupted ARC it's a great film. Unfortunately however it does not portray the completely arbitrary way in which death sentences were confirmed by Haig. Shootings were carried out 'for sake of example' at a regular rate which Haig considered necessary to preserve discipline by fear.
Apparently, he also had four young soldiers shot for cowardice, knowing full well that the war would end in a few days time, that is senseless brutality for you.
Simon Worrall in his mind it was probably principle
Yeah it is so accurate, reminds me of my time in WW1, you too?
Bro that shit was good. Plus that's easily one of the more realistic looking WWI battlefields I've scene in cinema.
Look up ”A very long engagement - over the top” Also insanely well done and also portays the unbelievable blodiness of the warfare.
seriously, it absolutely looks like hell on earth, which is probably about as true to the experience as you can get.
Seen*
Reuben Baker that wasn’t the point of the comment. We all knew what they meant, your comment is unnecessary. “But Mein Fuhrer, he spelt “seen” wrong, if I didn’t correct him unnecessarily nobody else would’ve.”
Amazing mini film. So well made and acted ❤️🙏
The effort put into this is beyond breathtaking
The BEST 28 minutes I have spent in a very long time. Very well done and explains so much of what was wrong. I have so much respect for those who fought in WW1. The way I feel, as I learn about this horrible war is like I was there. It is so close to my heart. I have so much respect for all but the Germans.I am an American and try to learn as much as I can about this war. I must go to The Somme and the surrounding region. Thank you for showing this!
As a combat vet with a serious head injury from a VBIED that medically retired me, this ripped my heart out.
Was in the USMC for four years. Never saw combat thankfully. I do not know what it's like to suffer from an injury like that. WW1 must have been a terrible time to be a soldier. Get shot by the enemy by machine gun fire, or get shot by your own friends...
Being a soldier nowadays is just getting your bell rung one time with no internal injuries then you get to scam taxpayers for the rest of your life, good job
Hope you’re doing well, man. And thanks for your service
Wher and when did this attack happen
I think the one thing about this that stood out to me was the artillery barrage. My understanding is that, typically they would go on for hours, days, or even weeks at a time. While the one that takes place is shocking and terrifying, what I find even more disturbing is that the shelling would then continue with no break for what must have felt like years. There wasn't a sudden shock and then silence and a chance to gather yourself, it was just endless noise and fear and death. No respite....
Right, you’re only respite during a shelling is knowing it’ll be over soon. But when it lasts for days….
Yeah a million in one day at one point
Eugene Sledge in his memoir from the Pacific theater of war talks about artillery a multitude of times. He states that after each shelling no matter how brief, he felt "limp, exhausted and wrung out".
please. make this a short series, so much potential here that NEEDS to be tapped. even a movie plz
What an amazing film. Thank you.
My uncle had shell shock. Unfortunately he lived in a small town and committed suicide.
BR549 Sorry to hear that bud...I hope he finds peace.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
BR549 did he die?
славянин He literally said he committed suicide, of course he died.
mycatisafascist thanks
Instead of pardoning 88 years after why not apologize
Unless you were there you can have no idea what these men went through. Go to the cafe/museum at Passchendale and look at the photo albums there. l stopped looking after 2 pages - things you never see in books or documentaries, absolutely horrific beyond words. During the last year of the War Military Police were behind "our" trenches with Lewis guns to make sure every man "went over the top". My grandfather was there and l'm told he was hard as nails, but what he saw drove him to drink to try to forget. He had flashbacks and nightmares till he died. He stuck it out but l don't think he'd have had a grudge against his mates who weren't as strong as he was and ran, l reckon l'd have been with them. Read Robert Graves' Goodbye to All That and the poems of Siegfried Sassoon before you condemn men who couldn't cope with Hell.
_A P_ because the British government is too ignorant
Clive Davies
FUN fact, Russian officers did the same thing in Stalingrad.....even when the soldiers had rushed training or weren't armed (take the last part with a grain of salt, I've only heard of that rather than having a primary source like for the confederacy having unarmed units as told in a book called something along the lines of "an artillery man under the command of stonewall Jackson"....i still find it interesting that a force of this potential was able to hold out for more than four years against a nation who had every single advantage...it wasn't guerrilla warfare...the south was just better at fighting I assume. (Some northerners still say that this was trash...but I cannot explain how badly the union handled this conflict))
@Island Alliance Dive Services Is this a joke or something?Correct me if I'm wrong if you are not born in a military family,but did you ever served in a war?If you did not,I don't think you have the right to say,the executed soldiers deserved a "stiff penalty".
i love how theres no music in the saddest moment i think this makes it better
The ending made me feel something I haven’t felt before. A sense of just emptiness and coldness. Slightly sad but almost devoid of emotion. This is art. And just the title of “Coward” is so.... melancholy.
This movie, however short it is, is amazing. It's beautifully put together, well scripted, and the actors do an amazing job.
agreed
5 years later, how is life
So rather than appreciate this film and the tragic story it tells, people are, of course, just blindly throwing their limited political/historic/geographic knowledge back and fourth as if they speak for the world.
Painful to read these comments.
teedubbleyoo Welcome to TH-cam comments. Everyone is an expert of whatever field / subject they are BS'ing about.
Yea pretty much the internet is a land full of people that randomly type there beliefs fully thinking they're right when really it just causes more people to write their beliefs in effort to prove the last person wrong
Thank you.
teedubbleyoo An excellent point well made.
And you are the smart one correct? Smartass get outta here this is Murica we do what we wan't
I will describe this in one word: beautiful. I almost cried.
I have chills... This was amazing
this short film was made 3 years ago and its better quality than most of the movies we have now.
+kyle peoples very true
i would love to see a full movie from this, it was well made
Krayzie Stryker same
3 years isn't that big of a time gap...
+Friendly Can I have some detail?
"COWARD" the WW1 short film from director David Roddham is on youtube!
Nice job Stephen, the photography (not that I know anything about these things) is really effective. I found this short film deeply moving, being a Northern Irishman man particularly so. I remember as a boyscout attending the rememberance day Sunday services at the war memorial in Bangor Co. Down and seeing veterans from both the world wars. Of course they were just old men to me, I was too young to see them as young men, and I really never took on board the brevity of the occasion nor the horrors they must have lived through. The idea of so called 'deserters' being shot is particularly horrific, broken men who gave their all for nothing. A complete and senseless tragedy. Thanks, Anthony.
+Anthony Monaghan Tiocfaidh ár lá!!!
thank you very much for posting this.
You are not a coward if you don't want to die
Stephen Murphy or Steven Spielberg...because this movie is just as incredible as Saving Private Ryan!! 5 stars if I could!!!
88 years to pardon men who were already dead. Honestly sometimes when I do get nostalgic for the past and wonder if things are getting better I just have to remember the utter indifference and ignorance of the past. Things aren't perfect today but they're considerably better in many ways.
Brilliant work by all!
“War doesn’t end fighting, it’s awakens a bigger fight in the future”
Yup a 20 yr armistice.... Then bam 1939 happens
Sounds promising!
When you see the images of shell shock victims from WWI that gives you an inkling of what the horrors of that war were. A disgtaceful war with no winners only loosers, the reparations from the Versai treaty led directly to WWII so add those deaths to the 50million in WWI to get the full cost.
They didn't call it "shell shock" until WWII. In the great war, it was LMF or lack of moral fibre. Get that, eh, Lack of Moral Fibre for not functioning like an automaton.
They didn't call it "shell shock" until WWII. In the great war, it was LMF or lack of moral fibre. Get that, eh, Lack of Moral Fibre for not functioning like an automaton.
“Shell shock” was used in ww1
@@veronicadaugherty3760 Sorry, Ronnie. It wasn't. It was LMF or AHD.
@@skinnykarlos710 The term itself first appeared in the medical journal The Lancet in Feb. 1915, some six months after the “Great War” began. Capt. Charles Myers of the Royal Army Medical Corps documented soldiers who experienced a range of severe symptoms-including anxiety, nightmares, tremor, and impaired sight and hearing-after being exposed to exploding shells on the battlefield. It appeared that the symptoms resulted from a kind of severe concussion to the nervous system (hence the name).
At the time the field of psychology regarding shell shock was still in its infancy , so depending on which medical journal used from that time it had various names "shell shock" , "war neurosis" , "combat stress" - quite a few variations at the time actually. It was actually the officers that coined the term "LMF" on the battlefield , in order to instill brutal disciplinary tactics , as displayed in this short film. not doctors. Hope this helped.
Oh, yeah...very well done. You should be pleased, it’s really great work on all levels.
this is even better than some of the top budget movies i saw. well done