A Bridge Too Far

original title:
A Bridge Too Far
other titles:
(Die Brücke von Arnheim)
country / year of production:
USA / 1977
original length:
176 min. , color
premiere:
USA: 15 June 1977
genre:
history film
based on:
Cornelius Ryan. A Bridge Too Far. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.
director:
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Lord
film script:
William Goldman
producer:
Joseph E. Levine , Richard P. Levine
cinematographer:
Geoffrey Unsworth
editor:
Antony Gibbs
composer:
John Addison
cast (role):
Dirk Bogarde (Lieutenant General Browning) , James Caan (Staff Sergeant Eddie Dohun) , Michael Caine (Lieutenant Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur) , Sean Connery (Major General Roy Urquhart) , Elliott Gould (Colone Robert Stout) , Dirk Bogarde , Liv Ullmann , Maximilian Schell , Robert Redford , Ryan O'Neal , Laurence Olivier , Hardy Krüger , Anthony Hopkins , Gene Hackman , Elliott Gould , Edward Fox , Sean Connery , Michael Caine , James Caan , Denholm Elliott
more:
Gene Hackman (Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski ) , Gene Hackman
plot synopsis:
The Netherlands 1944: the allied airborne operation "Market Garden" with 35.000 paratroopers has begun. In order to end the war earlier, the allies plan to outflank the German "westwall" in the north. But the operation can be carried out according to plan because the German defense is stronger then previously assumed.
keywords:
paratroopers , airborne operation , bridge , house-to-house fighting
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Often compared to "The Longest Days" because of the star packed cast and its lavish special effects.
availability:
VHS, DVD