A Bridge Too Far

7.2/10 from 328 votes

Director: Richard Attenborough

Date of release: 15 Jun 1977

Description

A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German Panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine, the titular 'bridge too far') was doomed to failure.

Extra

Budget	22000000 $
Runtime	175 minute
Producer	United Artists Joseph E. Levine Productions
Language	English Deutsch Nederlands Latin Polski
Themes	bridge world war ii soldier mission 1940s army tank netherlands allies based on a true story
Actors	Michael Byrne Walter Kohut Erik Chitty Michael Caine John Ratzenberger Hardy Krüger Nicholas Campbell James Caan Ben Cross Paul Copley Wolfgang Preiss Gene Hackman Maximilian Schell Alun Armstrong Anthony Hopkins Michael Bangerter Jonathan Hackett Dirk Bogarde Laurence Olivier Elliott Gould John Salthouse Robert Redford Liv Ullmann Patrick Ryecart Garrick Hagon Richard Attenborough Denholm Elliott Jeremy Kemp Edward Fox Fred Williams Ryan O'Neal Ian Liston Neil Kennedy John Stride Bertus Botterman Hans Croiset Siem Vroom Tim Beekman Arthur Hill Colin Farrell Ben Howard Donald Douglas Sean Connery George Innes Timothy Morand Hans von Borsody Richard Kane Hartmut Becker Barry McCarthy Michael Graham Cox Simon Chandler Keith Drinkel Frank Grimes Jack Galloway Stephen Moore Henny Alma Shaun Curry Peter Gordon Harry Ditson Ray Jewers Geoffrey Hinsliff Johan te Slaa David Auker Tom van Beek Gerald Sim Donald Pickering Anthony Pullen Shaw Toby Salaman Sean Mathias Stanley Lebor Anthony Milner John Judd John Morton Christopher Good Michael Wolf Edward Kalinski Marlies van Alcmaer Erik van 't Wout Peter Settelen Norman Gregory Lex van Delden Brian Hawksley Hilary Minster David English James Wardroper Stephen Rayment Brian Gwaspari Milton Cadman Edward Seckerson Dick Rienstra Paul Rattee Mark Sheridan Niall Padden Sebastian Abineri Pieter Groenier Adrienne Kleiweg Georgette Reyevski Mary Smithuysen Josephine Peeper Myles Reithermann Andrew Branch Stephen Churchett