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The Blockhouse is a 1973 drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Peter Sellers and Charles Aznavour. It is based on a 1955 novel by Jean-Paul Clébert. It was filmed entirely in Guernsey in the Channel Islands and was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.
- 6 June 1973
- Edgar Bronfman Jr., Antony Rufus Isaacs
The Blockhouse: Directed by Clive Rees. With Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp, Per Oscarsson. During D-day several people become trapped while hiding in a bunker, when heavy shelling collapses it.
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- Clive Rees
- R
- Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp
A group of prisoners is performing forced labor for the Nazis in France when their position is hit by an Allied bombing raid. A few of the men find shelter in a supply building, but it collapses ...
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- Rich Cross
- Drama, War
- Clive Rees
THE BLOCKHOUSE should, by all rights, be a very effective bit of cinema. It tells the true story is seven men trapped in a cellar at the tail-end of WW2 and who end up surviving below ground for the next six years. The story has something of the drama and urgency of the recent Chilean miner saga but this '70s film is anything but interesting.
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.
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1973 · 1 hr 32 min. R. War · Drama. The true story of people who, during heavy shelling on D-Day, get trapped in a collapsed bunker with supplies and wait for a rescue that takes years. Subtitles: English. Starring: Peter Sellers Charles Aznavour Jeremy Kemp. Directed by: Clive Rees.
