The Big Red One

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.

  • Genre: Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1980-01-22
  • Runtime: 113 min
  • Country: Ireland, United States of America
  • Language: German, French, English, Italian
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6.723
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