The Blockhouse
“A true story of perseverance and survival.”
1973•1h 33m•6.2•Released
DramaWar
A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944, are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food, but not enough candles. The slow dying of the light parallels their increasing boredom, illness, and jealousy during their entrapment. Based on the Novel 'Le Blockhaus' by Jean Paul Clebert
Director
Clive Rees
Writer
John Gould, John Gould, Clive Rees
Languages
English
Studio
Galactacus
Cast
Peter Sellers
Rouquet
Charles Aznavour
Visconti
Jeremy Kemp
Grabinski
Peter Vaughan
Aufret
Per Oscarsson
Lund
Nicholas Jones
Kromer
Leon Lissek
Kozhek
Alfred Lynch
Larshen
Production
Company
Galactacus
Company
The Cannon Group
Producer
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Producer
Antony Rufus-Isaacs
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