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1917 Movie Questions
1. Who are the enemies in this film?
2. Who has a brother that is a lieutenant in the 2nd Devons?
3. What are General Erinmore’s orders for Blake and Schofield?
4. What must Blake and Schofield cross to get to the 2nd Devons?
5. Who gets barbed wire stuck in their hand?
6. What animal triggers an explosion while Blake and Schofield are in the front-line tunnels?
7. What type of military equipment do Blake and Schofield find when they escape the tunnels?
8. What nourishment do Blake and Schofield find in an abandoned house?
9. What almost kills Blake and Schofield as they watch the sky?
10. What happens to Blake as he tries to help an injured German?
11. What does the injured German’s actions result in?
12. What does Schofield promise to Blake?
13. What does Schofield encounter after making the promise to Blake?
14. What happens to the truck that Schofield is a passenger of?
15. While Schofield is crossing a broken bridge, what happens?
16. What happens when Schofield climbs the stairs of the house he fired at and enters the room
with the German soldier that fired at him?
17. What does Schofield see when staring at the burning building?
18. Who does Schofield find after escaping the German soldier?
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19. How does Schofield survive the German soldiers who are chasing him?
20. What almost kills Schofield in the river?
21. What reminds Schofield of his partner Blake?
22. What stops Schofield from crying after surviving?
23. Where does the sound of singing lead Schofield in the forest?
24. What happens when Schofield arrives at the source of the singing?
25. What does Schofield run across to fulfill his orders and promise to Blake as the Devons launch
their attack?
26. Who does Schofield finally reach?
27. Who does Schofield find in the casualty clearing station?
28. What does Schofield give to the man he finds?
29. What happens in the conclusion of the film?
Critical Thinking
a. What was the overall message of this movie?
b. Do you agree or disagree with the message above?
c. Explain what part of the movie you feel was the most powerful.
d. If you had a chance to ask a character from this movie a question, what would it be?
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1917 Movie Answers
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1. The Germans
2. Lance Corporal Blake
3. They must alert the 2nd Devons to cancel their attack on the German Lines
4. No Man’s Land
5. Schofield
6. A rat triggers an explosion
7. An abandoned German artillery field
8. Milk
9. A crashing German plane
10. He is stabbed in the stomach
11. Blake bleeds out leaving Schofield alone
12. He will deliver the message to the 2nd Devons and find his brother
13. A battalion offers him transportation
14. It gets stuck in the mud
15. He is shot at multiple times
16. He kills the soldier and is saved by his helmet
17. A German soldier appears and pursues him
18. A woman and a baby in hiding
19. He jumps into a river rapid
20. A waterfall
21. Falling flower petals in the river
22. A man singing in the distance
23. The Devons
24. The 2nd Devons are about to start their attack
25. He runs across the battlefield as the Devons launch their attack
26. Colonel Mackenzie
27. Blake’s brother
28. Blake’s two rings and dog tag
29. With his mission completed, Schofield looks at pictures of his family under a tree
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