Ultimately, the story Sam Mendes told in 1917 of the pair of Lance-Corporals is fictional, insofar as there was no specific mission undertaken by Blake and Schofield to halt an attack on German lines on 6th April 1917.
Are Blake and Schofield in 1917 based on real people? No. Although both characters are loosely based on Mendes' grandfather, both were invented for the film. All other characters – like those played by Colin Firth, Andrew Scott and Benedict Cumberbatch – were also not real soldiers.
This included 140,000 soldiers from the Indian subcontinent on the Western Front. Two Indian regiments even took part in an unsuccessful cavalry charge during the Battle of the Somme. 1917 also depicts several black soldiers among the British forces, which is also historically accurate.
Let's cut right to the chase and answer the burning question “Was 1917 filmed in one take?” The quick answer is no. But it sure looks like it was thanks to director Sam Mendes and his DP Roger Deakins. But knowing it wasn't actually a single take only begs another question: how did they film 1917?
It garnered ten nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Mendes. The film went on to win three awards, including Best Cinematography (Deakins), Best Sound Mixing (Taylor and Wilson), and Best Visual Effects.
British trenches did not use long straight sections. Instead they used a traverse system of short fire trenches linked by traverses to minimize damage from a direct artillery hit in the trench system.
In an underground barracks (the duo finds massive under bunkers in the German trenches with cots for soldiers to sleep), they discover a tripwire set by the Germans, which is promptly triggered by a rat; the explosion almost kills Schofield, but Blake saves him, and the two escape.
If you've seen 1917, then you'll know that both soldiers don't make it to the end, with Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) fatally stabbed by a German pilot when the duo reach an abandoned farmhouse.
According to Mendes, the shortest unbroken shot was 39 seconds long, while the longest single continuous shot was 8-1/2 minutes long. It took 6 months for the actors to rehearse the movie before shooting started.
The film was inspired by Operation Alberich, a German withdrawal to new positions on the shorter and more easily defended Hindenburg Line that took place between 9 February and 20 March 1917. However, the main and supporting characters all appear to be fictional.
What was the staple food for soldiers in the trenches?
Soldiers were expected to eat approximately 4,600 calories a day to keep up with their activity level and the physical demands of trench warfare. They ate mutton or beef, alongside potatoes and bread to keep them full.
Schofield get his hand stuck to the barbed wire . How does Schofield get hurt while crossing no-man's land? They discover tripwire set by the Germans,which is triggered by a rat and the bunker explodes.
I really don't want to say, but we were shooting for 65 days. I never really timed it, but I think the longest shot was about seven minutes. There were also takes that were very short because they were little stitching pieces.
1917 wasn't shot in 2 takes—it was shot in long takes carefully choreographed and edited after shooting to appear as though it was only two takes. Also, it wasn't shot on film at all. It was shot with a digital cinema camera, so there was no film to worry about.
But as Schofield continues on alone, the sheer difficulty of the obstacles he faces spurs him to carry on. He's shot by an enemy sniper, and only narrowly survives.
Final answer: In the movie 1917, Blake and Schofield save a French woman and a baby at a farmhouse, after which Blake is fatally stabbed by a German pilot and dies.
- He hated going home because he knew he would have to return to the battlefield and put his life back in danger . - Canned food and milk . - Schofield thinks they should help him after his legs were on fire . - Blake wants Schofield to tell his mother that he was n't scared .
That man, Jeremy Scott, confessed to killing Michelle Schofield during an interview with the Bone Valley podcast. He said he met Michelle Schofield at a pay phone, and she offered to give him a ride home.
That is when a german pilot (in Albatros) crashes into the stable (after dogfighting with 2 Sopwith camels?) near the two british soldiers (main characters in the movie). So the two soldiers rescued the german pilot from the burning wreckage.
Also the line about how the Germans parting gift was to cut all their radio cables makes no sense as those cables did not run towards the German lines but away from them. If this was done with artillery then it should have been stated more clearly, and not just in a passing line of dialogue.
