Allies

Viewers know the war will continue for another year and a half. 1917 begins with Schofield dozing under a tree, before he’s awoken by Blake, and the two men go to meet the general who gives them their mission.

The Death Of Lance Corporal Blake By time Blake dies at the hands of the German pilot they tried to save, Schofield’s emotional state after the departure of his friend leaves him even more honor bound to complete his mission.

In the final moments of the movie, however, a secret about Schofield is revealed that recontextualizes the entire ordeal. We know that Blake was hell-bent on saving the 1600 men because his brother was one of them, but unfortunately Blake lost his life along the way.

Blake’s brother, Joseph, is among the members of the threatened regiment, and the two soldiers must cross enemy lines to deliver the life-or-death message. Along the way, Blake is killed by a German pilot who crashes near them at an abandoned farmhouse.

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.

When Tommen died — spoiler alert — I just lost interest. I wanted him to die in a battle and at least kill someone,” Chapman says (Tommen died by suicide after witnessing the destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor.) “1917,” a Golden Globes contender for best drama, is in theaters Dec. 25.

Sam Mendes’s 1917 is a particularly beautiful war film, a technical feat that turns a somber mission into a burnished action thriller, one designed to look like it was shot in two hour-long single takes. Mendes and Deakins’s visual achievement here is undeniable.

Consequently, it all feels very real, and tension runs extremely high. Battle violence is graphically realistic, including shootings, strangling, stabbing, bombings, etc. Wounded soldiers are bloody, missing limbs, and crying in pain.