1973
6.3 (13 votes)
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
War
Production Companies
Galactacus
The Cannon Group
The Cannon Group
The Blockhouse
A true story of perseverance and survival.
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
Key Crew
Screenplay: John Gould
Director: Clive Rees
Producer: Edgar Bronfman Jr., Antony Rufus-Isaacs
Writer: Clive Rees, John Gould
Director of Photography: Keith Goddard
