Synopsis:
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
Directed by: | Clive Rees |
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Written by: | John Gould & Clive Rees |
Release date: | 1973-01-01 |
Runtime: | 93 minutes |
Tagline: | A true story of perseverance and survival. |
Cast:
Peter Sellers
Rouquet
Rouquet
Charles Aznavour
Visconti
Visconti
Jeremy Kemp
Grabinski
Grabinski
Peter Vaughan
Aufret
Aufret
Per Oscarsson
Lund
Lund
Nicholas Jones
Kromer
Kromer
Also known as:
- Gefangene des Krieges - Der Bunker