Movie Details
On Digital & Streaming:January 1st, 2015
Original Language:English
Production Companies:ECPAD, Gaumont-Pathe Archives
Cast & Crew
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Anne Bettenfeld
Director
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Michel Merckel
Book
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Anne Bettenfeld
Writer
Games on the Battlefield (2015)
Audience Score
WritersAnne Bettenfeld
Plot
Built on archive footage – much of it previously unseen – this film reveals one of the most unexpected legacies of the First World War -- popular participation in sports, once the realm of the elite. For four years, sport represented a welcome respite from the killing fields of Europe.
