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
Writing | Jean-Paul Clébert | Novel |
Sound | Stanley Myers | Music |
Writing | John Gould | Writer |
Writing | Clive Rees | Writer |
Writing | John Gould | Screenplay |
Editing | Peter Gold | Editor |
Production | Edgar Bronfman Jr. | Producer |
Directing | Clive Rees | Director |
Production | Antony Rufus-Isaacs | Producer |
Camera | Keith Goddard | Director of Photography |
Production | Peter James | Executive Producer |
Production | Kent Walwin | Executive Producer |
Art | Leo Austin | Art Direction |
Art | George Lack | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Harry Frampton | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Joyce James | Hairdresser |
Production | Matthew Raymond | Production Manager |
Art | Tony Teiger | Property Master |
Sound | John Jordan | Sound Recordist |
Crew | Ron Ballanger | Special Effects |
Camera | John Stanier | Camera Operator |
Lighting | Peter Bloor | Electrician |
Costume & Make-Up | Jo Osmond | Wardrobe Supervisor |