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Divided We Stand
Film poster
Directed by	Calum Rhys
Written by	Calum Rhys
Produced by	Rob Byrd Calum Rhys
Starring	Tom Crilly Sebastian Wegner
Cinematography	Calum Rhys
Edited by	Calum Rhys
Music by	Michael Frankenberger
Production company	Smashing UK Productions
Release date	13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)
Running time	15 minutes
Country	United Kingdom[1]
Languages	English German
Budget	£8,000

Divided We Stand is a 2020 British short war drama film written and directed by Calum Rhys. The film stars Tom Crilly and Sebastian Wegner. Set during the First World War in 1917, the film follows a British soldier and a German medic who find themselves trapped together in a derelict barn on the Western Front. The film premiered at the 20th İzmir International Short Film Festival.

Set in the trenches of Ypres, Belgium, the film opens with the chaos of a battlefield. British soldier Lawrence Graves is thrust into the terror of No Man’s Land, witnessing first-hand the violence and madness of war. Amid the carnage, he attempts to save a wounded comrade before taking shelter in an abandoned barn.

Inside, he encounters Ernst, a frightened German soldier who claims to be a medic. Initial hostility and mutual suspicion give way to cautious understanding as the two men confront their injuries and personal stories. Through fractured communication, spoken in English and German, they share photos of their families and reflect on the futility of the war.

As enemy troops approach, the future for both remains uncertain. In a final act of solidarity, Lawrence and Ernst shake hands, recognising their shared experience as soldiers and as men.

• Tom Crilly as Lawrence Graves (born Liverpool, England in 1895)
• Sebastian Wegner as Ernst Stramm (born Remscheid, Germany in 1893)
• Luke Goddard as British Soldier
• Lee Parnell as British Sergeant
• Michael Woulfe as British Soldier

Divided We Stand is the second war short film by director Calum Rhys, following his 2015 short Our Father. Rehearsals began in late December 2019, followed by principal photography on 9 January 2020 in Worcestershire, with Rhys acting as cinematographer using a Blackmagic Cinema Camera to shoot the entire film. Filming continued for three days in Worcester and Ipswich.

• Official website
• Divided We Stand at IMDb