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Castle Keep is a 1969 American war comedy-drama film combining surrealism with tragic realism. It was directed by Sydney Pollack , and starred Burt Lancaster , Patrick O'Neal , Jean-Pierre Aumont , Bruce Dern and Peter Falk .
Sgt. Rossi, a baker before the war, falls in love with a baker's widow and decides to go AWOL, resuming his pre-war life. Others in the group are sympathetic to his cause, and rather than arresting him, try and talk him into re-enlisting.
Sydney Pollack brought together an expert ensemble cast in Castle Keep (1969), an eccentric World War II film based on William Eastlake's novel. Burt Lancaster plays a one-eyed American Army major leading a small company of GIs in France near the end of the war.
Castle Keep. A one-eyed World War II Army major (Burt Lancaster) and his men occupy a Belgian count's (Jean-Pierre Aumont) castle open to a German attack. Rent Castle Keep on Fandango at...
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During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his remote 10th Century castle hoping a battle there against the advancing Germans will not lead to its destruction and all the heritage within.
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.
Coming Sep 1. Castle Keep. 1969 · 1 hr 48 min. R. War · Drama · Action · Comedy. In 1944, a one-eyed major and his weary eight-man squad lodged in an Ardennes Forest castle are forced into action when the German offensive arrives. Subtitles: English.
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Directed by Sydney Pollack, Castle Keep was based on a novel by William Eastlake. This decidedly different war movie follows Maj. Abraham Falconer (Burt Lancaster), a tired, one-eyed...
Castle Keep is a "firmly pro- and anti-war" 1969 American Technicolor war film combining surrealism with tragic realism filmed in Panavision. It was directed by Sydney Pollack and starred Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Bruce Dern, and Peter Falk.
