The Big Red One(1980)

The real glory of war is surviving

67

1h 53m

  • Drama,
  • War

Overview

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.

Cast

  • Lee Marvin

    Lee Marvin

    The Sergeant

  • Mark Hamill

    Mark Hamill

    Griff

  • Robert Carradine

    Robert Carradine

    Zab

  • Bobby Di Cicco

    Bobby Di Cicco

    Vinci

  • Kelly Ward

    Kelly Ward

    Johnson

  • Stéphane Audran

    Stéphane Audran

    Walloon

  • Siegfried Rauch

    Siegfried Rauch

    Schroeder

  • Serge Marquand

    Serge Marquand

    Rensonnet

  • Charles Macaulay

    Charles Macaulay

    General / Captain

  • Alain Doutey

    Alain Doutey

    Broban

  • Maurice Marsac

    Maurice Marsac

    Vichy Colonel

  • Perry Lang

    Perry Lang

    Kaiser

  • Marthe Villalonga

    Marthe Villalonga

    Madame Marbaise

  • Giovanna Galletti

    Giovanna Galletti

    Woman in Sicilian Village

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    Status

    Released (May 28, 1980)

    Budget

    $4,500,000

    Revenue

    $7,206,220

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