The Blockhouse
1973·Movie
·1h 33min·
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A true story of perseverance and survival.
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
Psychological Survival DramaWorld War IIClaustrophobic ThrillerBleak & DespairingSlow Burn NarrativeHuman EnduranceExistential ThemesHistorical European CinemaCharacter Study
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Directed by:
Clive Rees
Written by:
John Gould, John Gould, Jean-Paul Clébert
Produced by:
Antony Rufus-Isaacs, Peter James, Matthew Raymond
Composed by:
Stanley Myers, John Jordan
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