The Blockhouse 1973

A true story of perseverance and survival.

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Drama War

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

Release Date 1973-01-01
Runtime 1h 33m
Directors Clive Rees, Keith Goddard
Producers Edgar Bronfman Jr., Antony Rufus-Isaacs, Peter James, Kent Walwin
Writers Jean-Paul Clébert, John Gould, Clive Rees, John Gould