Games on the Battlefield

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.

Director: Anne Bettenfeld, Christophe Duchiron

Cast: Kester Lovelace, Nicolas Medad

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.