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A Bridge Too Far
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.
1977 · Directed by Richard Attenborough · 175 min · Drama · History · War · 9 frames
Tagline
Out of the sky comes the screen's most incredible spectacle of men and war!
Crew
- Screenplay: William Goldman
- Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth
- Edited by: Antony Gibbs
- Music: John Addison
- Production design: Terence Marsh
- Produced by: Richard P. Levine, Joseph E. Levine
Cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
- James Caan as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
- Michael Caine as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
- Sean Connery as Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
- Edward Fox as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
- Robert Redford as Maj. Julian Cook
- Elliott Gould as Col. Robert Stout
- Anthony Hopkins as Lt. Col. John D. Frost
- Gene Hackman as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
- Hardy Krüger as Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Dutch, Polish, German, Latin
- Studios: United Artists, Joseph E. Levine Productions
- Budget: $22,000,000
- Box office: $50,750,000
- Themes: mission, army, allies, world war ii, netherlands, bridge, tank, based on true story, operation market garden, soldier
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