Battle of the Bulge DVD 1965 A halál 50 órája / Directed by Ken Annakin / Starring: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews / Háborús Klasszikusok

UPC 5996514003222

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 5.1, Hungarian 1.0

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian

Total Runtime: 163 minutes

English Summary:

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. The feature was filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 and exhibited in 70 mm Cinerama. Battle of the Bulge had its world premiere on December 16, 1965, the 21st anniversary of the titular battle, at the Pacific Cinerama Dome Theatre in Hollywood, California.

It is December, 1944. Military Intelligence officer and former policeman Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley (Fonda) and his pilot, Joe (Robert Woods), are flying a reconnaissance mission over the Ardennes forest. Spotting a German staff car the plane buzzes the car and photographs the officer. Alarmed, the chauffeur flees the car, leaving the engine running. "Petrol is blood," rebukes the German officer, marking a theme of the film, the German shortage of fuel.

In a subterranean lair, it is revealed the officer is Col. Martin Hessler (Shaw), a fictional Panzer tank commander loosely based on SS-Standartenführer Jochen Peiper. Hessler is briefed by his superior, Gen. Kohler (Werner Peters), on a new German attack, piercing west against the American lines. Kohler points out a clock with a 50-hour countdown, which is the time allotted for the operation, beyond which Germany has no resources for full-scale attack. At the same time German soldiers disguised as American troops, led by Lt. Schumacher (Ty Hardin), are tasked with seizing vital bridges and sowing confusion behind the Allied lines.

Hungarian Summary:

1944 karácsonya előtt az Ardennek vidékén állomásozó amerikai katonák körében elterjedt a hír, hogy a háború hamarosan befejeződik, sőt még az is szárnyra kel, hogy a közeli karácsonyra valamennyien hazatérhetnek. Kiley ezredes az egyetlen, aki kételkedik ebben. Német támadástól tart, de a parancsnokságon túlzottnak találják aggodalmát, és nem adnak hitelt szavainak. Aztán maguk is meglepődnek, amikor Kiley feltevése beigazolódik...

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