The Blockhouse

1h 33min

Drama

War

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

Production Companies

Galactacus

The Cannon Group

Release date

1st Jan 1973

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English