The Blockhouse

The Blockhouse

1h 33m 1973 Drama, War United Kingdom
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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

Director

Clive Rees

Writer

John Gould, Clive Rees, John Gould