Benediction
2021Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.
Acted in
Jack Lowden
as Siegfried Sassoon
Peter Capaldi
as Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
Simon Russell Beale
as Robbie Ross
Jeremy Irvine
as Ivor Novello
Calam Lynch
as Stephen Tennant
Tom Blyth
as Glen Byam Shaw
Kate Phillips
as Hester Gatty
Gemma Jones
as Hester Gatty (Older)
Geraldine James
as Theresa Thornycroft
Ben Daniels
as Dr. Rivers
Edmund Kingsley
as Rex Whistler
Harry Lawtey
as Bobby Andrews
Anton Lesser
as Stephen Tennant (Older)
Lia Williams
as Edith Sitwell
Suzanne Bertish
as Lady Ottoline Morrell
Jude Akuwudike
as Priest
Joanna Bacon
as Lady Sybil Colefax
Matthew Tennyson
as Wilfred Owen
Julian Sands
as Chief Medical Officer
Thom Ashley
as Hamo Sassoon
Richard Goulding
as George Sassoon
David Shields
as Alexander Fenton
Edward Bennett
as T.E. Lawrence
Stacey Lynn Crowe
as Nurse
Jamie-Lee Beacher
as Nurse
Paddy Rowan
as Young Soldier
Kellie Shirley
as Singing Girl
Daniel Tuite
as Major McCartney-Filgate
Mark Oosterveen
as Army Doctor
Steven Pacey
as Army Doctor
Joyce Henderson
as Matron
Torquil Munro
as Pianist
Georgina Rylance
as Dorothy Brett
Jonathan Broadbent
as Robert Graves
Olivia Darnley
as Edith Oliver
Tim Delap
as Geoffrey Keynes
Orlando Jopling
as Conductor
Bobby Robertson
as Taxi Driver
Chris Dale
as Anglican Priest
