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  1. Dec 20, 2019 · Is 1917 based on a true story? In short: Yes, but with extensive dramatic license, particularly in terms of the characters and the specific mission at the heart of the film.

  2. Dec 23, 2019 · The main characters are not based on real individuals, but real people and events inspired the movie, which takes place on the day of April 6, 1917. Here’s how the filmmakers strove for...

  3. Plot. On 6 April 1917, aerial reconnaissance has observed that the Imperial German Army, which has pulled back from a sector of the Western Front in northern France, is not in retreat but has made a strategic withdrawal to the new Hindenburg Line, where they are waiting to overwhelm the British with artillery.

  4. Jan 11, 2020 · Set in the very real global conflict World War I, some of the events depicted in 1917 were told to director Sam Mendes through childhood stories by his grandfather, Lance Corporal Alfred H. Mendes — but how much of the film is true, and how much of it was made up or exaggerated for the big screen?

  5. Jun 1, 2024 · Sam Mendes' Oscar-nominated WWI epic 1917 chronicles a desperate race against the clock in World War I, and while the specifics of the mission in the movie may not be real, the entirety of the movie is rooted in real WWI experiences.

  6. Jan 10, 2020 · Its April 6, 1917—coincidentally the day the U.S. formally entered the war—in northern France when Lance Corporal Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman, best known as Tommen Baratheon on the HBO...

  7. Aug 1, 2022 · 1917 ‘ is based on World War I, which has been clearly established. However, it is also one of Mendes’ most personal projects to date because of the impact the story had on him as a child. How much of it is true? Let’s find out in the next segment. Sam Mendes’ Grandfather’s Fragmentary Tales: The Inspiration Behind the Film.

  8. Dec 30, 2019 · To what extent is 1917 based on a true story? Though much of the World War I movie 1917 is fiction, it is loosely based on an account that director Sam Mendes' paternal grandfather, Alfred Mendes, told to him when he was a boy.

  9. Jan 5, 2020 · The Golden Globe nominated film 1917 tells the story of WWI runners carrying a message on the Western Front, inspired by director Sam Mendes's grandfather. Here are the real historic...

  10. Sep 18, 2023 · Is 1917 based on a true story? Yes, is the short answer, but only with some judicious use of artistic license. Director and writer Sam Mendes was inspired to write 1917 as a war film after recalling stories told to him by his grandfather Alfred Mendez. Image: Alfred Mendez, grandfather of 1917's director Sam Mendes