
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.Status: | Released (1965-12-16) |
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Awards: | 2 nominations |
BoxOffice: | $11,118,000 |
Screen: | Philip Yordan, Milton Sperling, John Melson |
Productions: | Cinerama Productions, United States Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English, Deutsch |



Casts
- 4958: Henry Fonda - Lt Col Kiley
- 8606: Robert Shaw - Col Hessler
- 8253: Robert Ryan - General Grey
- 13578: Dana Andrews - Colonel Pritchard
- 19401: George Montgomery - Sgt. Duquesne
- 45369: Ty Hardin - Schumacher
- 99374: Pier Angeli - Louise
Crews
- 35318: Ken Annakin - Director - Directing
- 20941: John Melson - Writer - Writing
- 12242: Jack Hildyard - Director of Photography - Camera
- 120530: Milton Sperling - Producer - Production
- 89816: Sidney Harmon - Executive Producer - Production
- 97450: Benjamin Frankel - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 85453: Philip Yordan - Producer - Production
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Reviews
lwpcolonel
Review text:
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 p ....
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Review text:
***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 ....
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Review text:
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 adva ....
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