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A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough. Depicting Operation Market Garden , a failed Allied operation in Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II , and based on a book of the same name by historian Cornelius Ryan , the film was directed by Richard Attenborough and with a screenplay by William Goldman . [5]
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May 12, 2024 · A Bridge Too Far is a classic war film that was released in 1977. Directed by Richard Attenborough, the movie depicts the failed Allied attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands during World War II. Based on Cornelius Ryan’s best-selling book of the same name, A Bridge Too Far features an ensemble cast of ...
Box office. $50.7 million. [4] Close. Depicting Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, and based on a book of the same name by historian Cornelius Ryan, the film was directed by Richard Attenborough and with a screenplay by William Goldman. It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Dirk ...
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A Bridge Too Far: Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Siem Vroom, Marlies van Alcmaer, Erik van 't Wout, Wolfgang Preiss. Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
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It is near the end of World War II. The Germans have lost most of France, and the Allied forces decide to give them the final hit. They plan to drop thousands of paratroopers in the Netherlands and keep a few key positions there, until reenforcements arrive. The most important spot is the bridge of Arnhem.
Sep 21, 2021 · A Bridge Too Far. The war movie ‘A Bridge Too Far’’ was one of the hits of 1977. It was a much-anticipated extravaganza that was well received by the public, if not all the critics. The movie tells the story of Operation Market Garden. This was an attempt by the allies to seize several key bridges over the Rhine in the Netherlands in 1944.
Apr 3, 2023 · A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film that provides an historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several bridges to Germany in World War II in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden. The film has achieved classic status as it covered the entire operation, from all sides, British, American, German, Polish and Dutch.
