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62% Critic Match
The Blockhouse
“A true story of perseverance and survival.”
6.2 / 10• 1973• 1h 33m•NR• English
DramaWar
Storyline
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
Cast & Crew
Peter Sellers
Rouquet
Lead
Charles Aznavour
Visconti
Jeremy Kemp
Grabinski
Peter Vaughan
Aufret
Per Oscarsson
Lund
Nicholas Jones
Kromer
Leon Lissek
Kozhek
Alfred Lynch
Larshen
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Clive Rees's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Blockhouse is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
