A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944, are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food, but not enough candles. The slow dying of the light parallels their increasing boredom, illness, and jealousy during their entrapment. Based on the Novel 'Le Blockhaus' by Jean Paul Clebert
Cast
Crew
Clive Rees
Director, Writer
John Gould
Writer, Screenplay
Jean-Paul Clébert
Novel
Peter Gold
Editor
Keith Goddard
Director of Photography
Peter James
Executive Producer
Kent Walwin
Executive Producer
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Producer
Antony Rufus-Isaacs
Producer
John Stanier
Camera Operator
Jo Osmond
Wardrobe Supervisor
Joyce James
Hairdresser
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
John Jordan
Sound Recordist
Ron Ballanger
Special Effects
Stanley Myers
Music
Peter Bloor
Electrician
Tony Teiger
Property Master
Matthew Raymond
Production Manager
George Lack
Art Direction
Leo Austin
Art Direction
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