A Bridge Too Far 1977

type: Movie

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 depicting Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. Based on a non-fiction book of the same name by historian Cornelius Ryan, the film is directed by Richard Attenborough and with a screenplay by William Goldman. 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.

Plot

Operation Market Garden envisages 35,000 men being flown from air bases in England and dropped behind enemy lines in the Netherlands. Two divisions of US paratroopers are responsible for securing the road and bridges as far as Nijmegen. A British division, under Major-General Roy Urquhart, is to land near Arnhem and hold both sides of the bridge there, backed by a brigade of Polish paratroopers under General Stanisław Sosabowski. XXX Armoured Corps are to push up the road over the bridges captured by the American paratroopers and reach Arnhem two days after the drop.

Cast

More details

author	Cornelius Ryan William Goldman
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 air base arnhem bailey bridge behind enemy lines brown capture dutch resistance dutch underground fight force frederick browning german forces hitler youth injured isolated jeep kate ter horst land move 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 river crossing roy urquhart stanisław sosabowski wait 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