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The English-language 2010 film makes clear not only the horrible nature of trench warfare, but also the claustrophobic terror felt by the diggers, who face death by suffocation, cave-in or being killed by enemy tunnellers.īeneath Hill 60 premieres at 8.30pm, Monday 25 April on SBS World Movies. But when the enemy gets wind of Woodward’s plans, it’s a race against time to complete the mission before the Germans can stop him and his men. Brendan Cowell stars as Lt Oliver Woodward from the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, who’s tasked to destroy the German-held Hill 60 in Belgium using 450 tonnes of high explosives. Aussie movie Beneath Hill 60 is based on real events about a hidden battle that took place deep below enemy lines in France during World War I, when civilian miners were brought in to dig beneath the German trenches and blow them up.