Tells the story of operation Market Garden. A failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
| Release Date: | Jun 1977 |
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| Genre: | Action / Drama / History / War |
| Awards: | Won 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations |
| Cast: | Siem Vroom (Underground Leader), Marlies van Alcmaer (Underground Leader's Wife), Erik van 't Wout (Underground Leader's Son), Wolfgang Preiss (Field Marshal Von Rundstedt), Hans von Borsody (General Blumentritt), Josephine Peeper (Cafe Waitress), Dirk Bogarde (Lieutenant General Browning), Paul Maxwell (Major General Maxwell Taylor), Sean Connery (Major General Urquhart), Ryan O'Neal (Brigadier General Gavin), Gene Hackman (Major General Sosabowski), Walter Kohut (Field Marshal Model), Peter Faber (Captain 'Harry' Bestebreurtje), Hartmut Becker (German Sentry), Frank Grimes (Major Fuller), Jeremy Kemp (R.A.F. Briefing Officer), Donald Pickering (Lieutenant Colonel Mackenzie), Donald Douglas (Brigadier Lathbury), Peter Settelen (Lieutenant Cole), Stephen Moore (Major Steele), Edward Fox (Lieutenant General Horrocks), Michael Caine (Lieutenant Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur), Michael Byrne (Lieutenant Colonel Giles Vandeleur), Anthony Hopkins (Lieutenant Colonel Frost), Paul Copley (Private Wicks), Nicholas Campbell (Captain Glass), James Caan (Staff Sergeant Dohun), Gerald Sim (Colonel Sims), Harry Ditson (U.S. Private), Erik Chitty (Organist), Brian Hawksley (Vicar), Colin Farrell (Corporal Hancock), Christopher Good (Major Carlyle), Norman Gregory (Private Morgan), Alun Armstrong (Corporal Davies), Anthony Milner (Private Dodds), Barry McCarthy (Private Clark), Lex van Delden (Sergeant Matthias (as Lex Van Delden)), Maximilian Schell (Lieutenant General Bittrich), Michael Wolf (Field Marshal Model's Aide), Hardy Krüger (Major General Ludwig (as Hardy Kruger)), Sean Mathias (Irish Guards Lieutenant), Tim Beekman (German Private), Edward Seckerson (British Padre), Liv Ullmann (Kate Ter Horst), Tom van Beek (Jan Ter Horst (as Tom Van Beek)), Bertus Botterman (Dutch Villager), Henny Alma (Dutch Villager), Elliott Gould (Colonel Stout), Ray Jewers (U.S. Radio Operator), Geoffrey Hinsliff (British Wireless Operator), Keith Drinkel (Lieutenant Cornish), Mary Smithuysen (Old Dutch Lady), Hans Croiset (Hans - Her Son), Fred Williams (Captain Grabner), John Peel (German Lieutenant), John Judd (Sergeant Clegg), Ben Cross (Trooper Binns), Hilary Minster (British Medical Officer), David English (Private Andrews), Ben Howard (Sergeant Towns), Michael Graham Cox (Captain Cleminson), Johan te Slaa (Elderly Dutch Couple (as Johan Te Slaa)), Georgette Reyevski (Elderly Dutch Couple), Pieter Groenier (Young Dutch Couple), Adrienne Kleiweg (Young Dutch Couple), Denholm Elliott (R.A.F. Met. Officer), Peter Gordon (U.S. Sergeant), Arthur Hill (U.S. Medical Colonel), Garrick Hagon (Lieutenant Rafferty), Brian Gwaspari (U.S. Engineer), Stephen Rayment (Grenadier Guards Lieutenant), Timothy Morand (British Corporal (as Tim Morand)), James Wardroper (Private Gibbs), Neil Kennedy (Colonel Barker), John Salthouse (Private 'Ginger' Marsh), Jonathan Hackett (Glider Pilot), Stanley Lebor (Regimental Sergeant Major), Jack Galloway (Private Vincent), Milton Cadman (Private Long), David Auker ('Taffy' Brace), Laurence Olivier (Doctor Spaander), Richard Kane (Colonel Weaver), Toby Salaman (Private Stephenson), Michael Bangerter (British Staff Colonel), Philip Raymond (Grenadier Guards Colonel), Myles Reithermann (Boat Truck Driver), Robert Redford (Major Cook), Anthony Pullen Shaw (U.S. Captain (as Anthony Pullen)), John Morton (U.S. Padre), John Ratzenberger (U.S. Lieutenant), Patrick Ryecart (German Lieutenant), Dick Rienstra (Captain Krafft), Ian Liston (Sergeant Whitney), Paul Rattee (Private Gordon), Mark Sheridan (Sergeant Tomblin), George Innes (Sergeant Macdonald), John Stride (Grenadier Guards Major), Niall Padden (British Medical Orderly), Michael Graves (British Medical Orderly), Simon Chandler (Private Simmonds), Edward Kalinski (Private Archer), Shaun Curry (Corporal Robbins), Sebastian Abineri (Sergeant Treadwell), Chris Williams (Corporal Merrick (as Christopher...), Andrew Branch (Flute Player), Anthony Garner (British Staff Major), Feliks Arons (Dutch Priest), Stuart Blake (Soldier), Ray Boyd (Soldier), Stephen Churchett (Soldier), Jon Croft (Soldier), Patrick Dickson (Soldier), Adrian Gibbs (Soldier), Jason Gregory (Soldier), Stewart Guidotti (Soldier), Patrick Hannaway (Soldier), Brian Haughton (Soldier), Anthony Howden (Soldier), Frank Jarvis (Colonel Frost's Aide), David Killick (Soldier), Dan Long (Soldier), Gerald Martin (Soldier), Edward McDermott (Soldier), Tony McHale (Soldier), Jack McKenzie (Soldier), Francis Mughan (Soldier), Richard Ommanney (Soldier (as Richard Ommaney)), Peter Quince (Soldier), Robin Scobey (Soldier), Farrell Sheridan (Soldier), James Snell (Soldier), Michael Stock (Soldier), David Stockton (Soldier), Paul Vaughan-Teague (Soldier), Jason White (Soldier), Mark York (Soldier), Richard Attenborough (Lunatic Wearing Glasses (uncredited)), Omar N. Bradley (Himself - Plans for D-Day (archive...), Winston Churchill (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)), Charles de Gaulle (Himself - In Car with Churchill...), Dwight D. Eisenhower (Himself - Plans for D-Day (archive...), Gerard Franken (Soldier (uncredited)), Adolf Hitler (Himself - Salutes Parade (archive...), Alfred Jodl (Himself (beside Hitler) (archive...), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (Himself - Plans for D-Day (archive...), Bernard L. Montgomery (Himself - Plans for D-Day (archive...), George S. Patton (Himself - Shakes Hands (archive...), Bertram Ramsay (Himself - Plans for D-Day (archive...), Erwin Rommel (Himself - Below Hitler (archive...), Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)), Walter Bedell Smith (Himself - Plans for D-Day (archive...), Arthur Tedder (Himself - Plans for D-Day (archive...) |