Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge is a 1965 American 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 70mm 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.
Plot
In December 1944, military intelligence officer Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Kiley is on a reconnaissance flight over the Ardennes forest when he locates a German staff car and photographs its occupants. Spooked by the low-flying plane, the German driver abandons the car. His passenger, Colonel Hessler, scolds him for wasting precious petrol by not stopping the engine. Hessler continues to a briefing at an underground base where General Kohler explains a top secret plan to recapture Antwerp. Hessler will play a major role by leading a brigade of new King Tiger tanks.
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| author | Milton Sperling Philip Yordan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Belgium |
| director | Ken Annakin |
| editor | Derek Parsons |
| events | World War II |
| genre | western |
| keywords | ambleve amel antwerp ardennes black market break in brief capture connect drive dropped behind american lines engage executive officer force fuel depot german soldier improvised intelligence officer kill king tiger malmedy malmedy massacre massacred by ss troops meuse meuse river military police mp operation greif our our river panzerlied partner in crime schnee eifel secret plan siegfried line suffer survive the king top secret warn |
| musicBy | Benjamin Frankel |
| producer | Milton Sperling Philip Yordan |
| productionCompany | Cinerama United States Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Madrid |
| theme | epic war |