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Battle of the Bulge (1965) 6.8
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French ... See full summary » Director:Ken Annakin |
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Title: Battle of the Bulge (1965)
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
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Cast
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| Henry Fonda | ... |
Lt. Col. Kiley
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| Robert Shaw | ... | ||
| Robert Ryan | ... | ||
| Dana Andrews | ... | ||
| George Montgomery | ... | ||
| Ty Hardin | ... | ||
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Pier Angeli | ... | |
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Barbara Werle | ... | |
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Hans Christian Blech | ... | |
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Werner Peters | ... | |
| James MacArthur | ... | ||
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Karl-Otto Alberty | ... |
Von Diepel
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| Telly Savalas | ... | ||
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Steve Rowland | ... | |
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In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The Battle of the Bulge" shows this conflict from the perspective of an American intelligence officer as well as from a German Panzer Commander. Written by Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
16 December 1965 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die letzte Schlacht See more »Filming Locations:
Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range, Madrid, SpainCompany Credits
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70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
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Maj. Wolenski: OK. But I'll pick the rest of your volunteers.
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Although it is claimed by knowledgeable film people that so-called Super-Cinerama was already in use as early as 1962, this was the first film that was actually advertised in the trailers as being shown in that format. The resulting image did not turn out to be larger than ordinary Cinerama, since the film was actually shot in Ultra Panavision, shown with one projector instead of three electronically synchronized ones, and merely blown up in size to fit the giant curved screen. See more »Goofs
When Col. Hessler throws the prostitute out of his office, he pulls her to the door and opens the door to shove her out. There is a slight camera angle change and the door is closed again. He then has to open it yet again to shove her out the door. See more »Quotes
Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley: [Kiley is selecting men for a night patrol] I'll take that sergeant.Maj. Wolenski: OK. But I'll pick the rest of your volunteers.
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You know you`re in for a bad film when the first ten minutes are composed entirely of actors sitting in front of back projection trying to convince you they`re in a plane or a car. BATTLE OF THE BULGE does this , but it doesn`t warn you how bad it all becomes later on. I`ll warn you, this is one bad war film.
The worst thing about BATTLE OF THE BULGE is that it`s based on the real life Ardennes campaign of December 1944 when the Nazis threw the last of their reserves into trying to beat the allies in Western Europe , and this film is a lost opportunity to show the facts. " I need to look inside one of those tiger tanks " says Henry Fonda . But they`re not Tigers , as everyone else has noticed they`re American tanks from another generation. A German tiger tank has a very distinctive square shape . Couldn`t the script have been changed so that they could have been Panther tanks ? At least Panther tanks had roundish angles like the ones used in this film.
And the editing is extremely suspect. One scene features a wooded forest covered in snow then the next scene features a landscape devoid of trees and without a flake of snow ! Worst of all in the final scenes when characters walk on the ground dust can clearly be seen following their footsteps, the terrain they are walking hasn`t seen snow or rain for weeks ! It`s like the director and editor have been splicing scenes from another film . This is bad enough but what makes it so bad is a line spoken by a German General at the start of the film when he mentions fog hiding the German advance so that the allies can`t use their massive air support to slow down the advance , but up untill the last half hour there`s been nothing but bright blue skies to be seen !
If you enjoyed this film may I also recommend THE PRODUCERS which features SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER , the true story of Adolph Hitler`s all singing all dancing stormtroopers