The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
During the Second World War, an old fortress is transformed into a detention camp for arrested allied generals who the Germans provide with every possible comfort. In the nearby garrison camp, however, hundreds of captured private soldiers try to survive hunger and cold.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Ivo TomanDirector
- Jiří ŠustOriginal Music Composer
- Vladimír KalinaWriter
Cast
- Zdzisław MrożewskiGeneral Arthur Gordon
- Karel HögerCast
- Bohumil ŠmídaGeneral Tim Attwood
- Norbert ChristianGeneral Jean-Paul Grémillom
- Wilhelm Koch-HoogeGeneral von Hoppe
- Wanda SpinkaDutch Barmaid
- Józef KosteckiDr. Lorenz
- Radovan LukavskýCast
- Fred DürenSergeant Vannier
- Egidio BonannoItalian Partisan
- Petr ČechCast
- Vera ČukićItalian Girl
Themes
world war iiprisoner of war