Battle Of The Bulge Imdb

During the battle of the bulge an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of americans in his remote 10th century castle hoping a battle there against the advancing germans will not lead to its destruction and all the heritage within.
Battle of the bulge imdb. The actual story of of the battle of the bulge is compelling and powerful and carries this film with moments of drama interrupted by high school level acting. Battle of the bulge is a 1965 american widescreen epic war film produced in spain directed by ken annakin and starring henry fonda robert shaw telly savalas robert ryan dana andrews and charles bronson. Some redeeming qualities but not many. The feature was filmed in ultra panavision 70 and exhibited in 70 mm cinerama.
The cinematography and sound track were pretty decent the dialog and acting turned this into a titanic. The battle of the bulge was without a doubt an archetypal studio war movie since this one is really quite faithful to the broad outlines and details of a real campaign and then fills out the running time with ridiciously unrealistic hollywood heroics. The combination is somehow much more entertaining that it ought to be. Discusses some of the overlooked aspects of the battle of the bulge one of the largest battles in which american forces have ever fought.
While most scholars when writing about the bulge focus on bastogne and general patton morrow puts the battle into context and illuminates other aspects of this important. With rob havers john morrow jr.