Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge
6.9

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Directed by: Ken Annakin

Overview

In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.

Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge

Reviews (3)

  • lwpcolonel (Rated: 5)

    This film is created out of composite characters, most notably Henry Fonda, as a Lt. Colonel in Intelligence and Robert Shaw, as a Panzer Brigade Commander supposedly just recalled from the Russian Front, where he was "losing the war there".

    According to the official account, the part Robert Shaw ...

  • Wuchak (Rated: 7)

    Nazi Germany’s last gasp

    “Battle of the Bulge” (1965) depicts the last major German offensive on the Western Front from December 16 – January 25, 1944-1945. The action takes place at the intersection of Belgium, Germany, France and Luxembourg. American forces were thoroughly surprised by th...

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 6)

    It's far too long this, but otherwise isn't an half-bad wartime adventure that shows off Robert Shaw's ability to play a baddie with aplomb. He's "Col. Hessler", the commander of a Panzer tank division at a crucial stage towards the end of the war. With the Allies pressing every advantage, he must f...

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