A Bridge Too Far 1977

7.4/10


NETFLIX Rating : 3.7


IMDB Rating : 7.4


FD Smart Rating : 7.4


Synopsis : This wartime drama details a pivotal day in 1944 when an Allied task force tried to win World War II by seizing control of key bridges in Holland.


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French Guiana , French Polynesia , Guadeloupe , Liechtenstein , Luxembourg , Martinique , New Caledonia , Réunion , Saint Martin , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Wallis and Futuna

Languages:

French , English , German

Subtitles:

French , German

Genres:

Drama, History, War

Release Date:

1977

Run Time:

2h56m

Maturity Rating:

Parental guidance suggested. May not be suitable for children.

The true story of Operation Market Garden, the Allies attempt, in September 1944, to hasten the end of WW2 by driving through Belgium and Holland into Germany. The idea was for US airborne divisions to take the towns of Eindhoven and Nijmegen and a British airborne division, reinforced by a Polish airborne brigade, to take the town of Arnhem. They would be reinforced, in due course and in turn, by the British XXX Corps, land-based and driving up from the British lines in the south. The key to the operation was the bridges, as if the Germans held or blew them, the paratroopers could not be relieved. Faulty intelligence, Allied high command hubris and stubborn German resistance would ensure that Arnhem was a bridge too far.