The Film
The Blockhouse
A true story of perseverance and survival.
The Story
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
Runtime
93 min
Released Jan 1973
Directed by
Clive Rees
Written byJohn Gould, Clive Rees
Marquee
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