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The Blockhouse is a 1973 drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Peter Sellers and Charles Aznavour. [1] [2] It is based on the 1955 novel Le Blockhaus by Jean-Paul Clébert. [3] It was filmed entirely in Guernsey in the Channel Islands and was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. [4] [5]
The Blockhouse: Directed by Clive Rees. With Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp, Per Oscarsson. During D-day several people become trapped while hiding in a bunker, when heavy shelling collapses it.
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A group of prisoners is performing forced labor for the Nazis in France when their position is hit by an Allied bombing raid. A few of the men find shelter in a supply building, but it collapses ...
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Feb 23, 2022 · The Blockhouse is a 1973 film based on a novel, Le Blockhaus, by French author Jean-Paul Clébert which was in turn based on an astonishing true story, though the authenticity of this tale has been disputed for many years since.
Feb 9, 2024 · 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.
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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.
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On D-Day, a mixed group of forced labourers held by the Nazi forces take shelter from a bombardment inside a German bunker. They are trapped when the entrances are blocked by the shelling. By coincidence, the bunker is a store house and they have enough food and wine to last them for years.