Director
Peter Jackson
Leading Actors/Actresses
Jackson and his team mined BBC interviews with WWI veterans to provide audio for the film. They are, in effect, the main characters of the film.
Supporting Actors/Actresses
N/A
Genre
Documentary
Language
English
Awards
They Shall Not Grow Old was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.
Date of Release
November 9th, 2018
Producer
Clare Olssen and Peter Jackson
Setting and Context
The Battlefields of WWI
Narrator and Point of View
Told from the point of view of the soldiers who fought in the war (they are also the narrators).
Tone and Mood
Tone: Informative and Intense
Mood: Violent, Mysterious, and Moody
Protagonist and Antagonist
There is neither a protagonist nor an antagonist in this film.
Major Conflict
British soldiers fight to survive the war.
Climax
The final rush towards the German trenches.
Foreshadowing
N/A
Understatement
The barbarity of the British is understated in the film.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
They Shall Not Grow Old was the first film to utilize certain color correction/motion correction techniques.
Allusions
To the history of WWI, the geography of Europe (particularly), and popular culture like other films, books, magazines (etc.).
Paradox
Many soldiers weren't adults yet voluntarily joined the army, something they weren't allowed to do.
Parallelism
The story of many of the soldiers in the film are paralleled with each other - how they lost friends, limbs, etc.
