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language
English
duration
168 min
genre
action
theme
epic
director
Richard Attenborough
Score
7 / 10

A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough. It depicts Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II; the film's screenplay, by William Goldman, is based on a book of the same title by historian Cornelius Ryan. It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann.

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In September 1944, Allied forces have won the Battle of Normandy. General Browning, with the approval of Field Marshal Montgomery, drafts a plan known as Operation Market Garden which will land 35,000 paratroopers and glider men from their airfields in England, behind enemy lines in the Netherlands over a 64 mile corridor with the ultimate goal of crossing the Rhine River at Arnhem. The single road linking a succession of bridges is narrow and exposed. Two American divisions land near Eindhoven, Grave and Nijmegen. A British division under Major-General Roy Urquhart, is to land near Arnhem, supported by a brigade of Polish paratroopers under General Stanisław Sosabowski. The land forces from XXX Armoured Corps are to pierce the front line in Belgium, cross the captured bridges and relieve the forces at Arnhem within two days.

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    contentLocation Netherlands
    director Richard Attenborough
    editor Antony Gibbs
    events World War II
    genre action drama historical western
    keywords 82nd airborne division abide with me aerial reconnaissance arnhem bailey bridge battle of normandy behind enemy lines brown capture dutch resistance dutch underground fight force frederick browning hitler youth injured isolated jeep kate ter horst land netherlands in world war ii nijmegen nijmegen bridge nijmegen railway bridge oosterbeek operation market garden panzer pass polish polish armed forces in the west reconnaissance rhine river river crossing roy urquhart rubber boat stanisław sosabowski willys mb wound xxx armoured corps xxx corps
    musicBy John Addison
    producer Joseph E. Levine Richard P. Levine
    productionCompany Joseph E. Levine Productions
    publisher United Artists
    theme action drama epic independent war