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The Big Red One

1980
6.7 ⭐
1h 53m
Drama
War
"The real glory of war is surviving"

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 & Crew
Lee Marvin
Lee MarvinThe Sergeant
Mark Hamill
Mark HamillGriff
Robert Carradine
Robert CarradineZab
Bobby Di Cicco
Bobby Di CiccoVinci
Kelly Ward
Kelly WardJohnson
Stéphane Audran
Stéphane AudranWalloon
Siegfried Rauch
Siegfried RauchSchroeder
Serge Marquand
Serge MarquandRensonnet
Charles Macaulay
Charles MacaulayGeneral / Captain
Alain Doutey
Alain DouteyBroban
Maurice Marsac
Maurice MarsacVichy Colonel
Colin Gilbert
Colin GilbertDog Face POW