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The Blockhouse
A true story of perseverance and survival.
Genres
DramaWar
Overview
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
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
1973-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
13
Vote Average
6.3
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Peter Sellers
Rouquet
Charles Aznavour
Visconti
Jeremy Kemp
Grabinski
Peter Vaughan
Aufret
Per Oscarsson
Lund
Nicholas Jones
Kromer
Leon Lissek
Kozhek
Alfred Lynch
Larshen
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