The Blockhouse
Date Added: 25th March 2024
Description:
Based on the novel 'Le Blockhaus' by Jean Paul Clebert, this atmospheric film follows a group of slave workers drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944. They are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land in Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of the light parallels their own boredom, illness and jealousy.
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Year: 1973
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Episode Length: 1 h 31 min
Director: Clive Rees
Cast: Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Per Oscarsson, Peter Vaughan, Jeremy Kemp, Leon Lissek, Nicholas Jones, Alfred Lynch
Studio: Galactacus
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