The Blockhouse
1973 · 1h 33m · Drama, War · United Kingdom
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
Directed by
Clive ReesBased on the novel by
Jean-Paul Clébert6.1Smart score
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