# Books/films on World War One **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-films-on-world-war-one/616974 "2012-03-27T20:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-films-on-world-war-one/616974/61 "2012-04-28T00:30:45Z")
> [@Imago](#): > > Seen Passchendaele a long time ago. Definitely checking the rest out. Currently waiting for _Birds Without Wings_ to ship in. Just a bump to see what you thought of it. I just reread it and realised the actual war part is relatively minor, still a good book though. ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-films-on-world-war-one/616974/62 "2012-04-28T20:53:13Z")
Well I reread the _Regeneration_ series and a couple of the other books mentioned here first, so I’m only about ten pages in. I should probably get off the Dope and go read more! ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-films-on-world-war-one/616974/63 "2012-04-28T22:01:10Z")
“The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I” by Thomas Fleming “1918: No Man’s Land” by John Toland “Upstairs, Downstairs” was one of the greatest TV series ever and was at it’s best when the two families of 165 Eaton Place (as Hazel once described them) dealt with the World War. The sight of Lady Prudence Fairfax dressed as a German soldier to raise money for the war effort “Richard would want us to just ask for money. But people only give if they can see their friends dress up and make fools of themselves on stage” is not to be missed. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles tries to have Indy serve in every known front of the war and can be a bit cartoony. But I treasure the scene when in the Belgian Army, he tries to explain the war’s origin to his Belgian comrades “We are fighting the Germans in France because a Serbian terrorist killed an Austrian arch duke??? Really???”. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-films-on-world-war-one/616974/64 "2012-04-28T23:12:33Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I’ll strongly second or third _A Very Long Engagement_ and _Regeneration_ if it’s fiction yer wantin’. If it’s non-fiction, _The Guns of August_ does a good job of covering the first months of the war. I found the film of Regeneration a pretty good watch too. ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-films-on-world-war-one/616974/65 "2012-04-29T00:26:19Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I found the film of Regeneration a pretty good watch too. There’s a film? Oh my. This I’ve got to see. What year? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-films-on-world-war-one/616974/66 "2012-04-29T00:40:02Z")
> [@Imago](#): > > There’s a film? Oh my. This I’ve got to see. What year? > [@](#): > > Regeneration is a 1997 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Pat Barker. The film is directed by Gillies MacKinnon. It was released as Behind the Lines in the USA in 1998. I recall Jonathan Pryce and Jonny Lee Miller’s performances as being excellent although I haven’t seen it since it came out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-films-on-world-war-one/616974.md?page=3)