CinemaOSMovie · 1973 · 1h 33m

The Blockhouse

A true story of perseverance and survival.

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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 byClive Rees

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 1973
Studios
The Cannon GroupGalactacus

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Rouquet

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

Visconti

Jeremy Kemp

Jeremy Kemp

Grabinski

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Aufret

Per Oscarsson

Per Oscarsson

Lund

Nicholas Jones

Nicholas Jones

Kromer

Leon Lissek

Leon Lissek

Kozhek

Alfred Lynch

Alfred Lynch

Larshen

Creative team
Directed by
Clive Rees
Written by
John Gould
Clive Rees
Produced by
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Antony Rufus-Isaacs

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