Dirk Bogarde	Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
James Caan	SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Michael Caine	Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur
Sean Connery	Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart
Edward Fox	Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks
Elliott Gould	Col. Robert Stout
Gene Hackman	Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski
Anthony Hopkins	Lt. Col. John Frost
Ryan O'Neal	Brig. Gen. James Gavin
Hardy Krüger	Maj. Gen. Ludwig

Regisseur	Richard Attenborough
Producent	John Palmer Joseph E. Levine Richard P. Levine
Schrijver	William Goldman Cornelius Ryan
Camerawerk	Geoffrey Unsworth
Componist	John Addison

The film depicts the events surrounding the most ambitious airborne operation (Operation Market Garden) in history. 35,000 paratroopers are to take three key bridges that will allow the following armor units of the Allied Forces to make a quick run into Germany. This would hopefully end the war. This is a joint operation between the British and American armies, but lead by Field Marshal Montgomery. The final bridge to be taken is at Arnhem, which turned out to be the "bridge too far". Poor planning and disregard of intelligence information lead to the downfall of the operation. At first successful, the attack towards Arnhem gets bogged down by counterattacks by undiscovered German Tank Divisions, who slow the advance along a single lane road, and cut the road many times. The British Paratroops with a contingent of Poles are to take the bridge at Arnhem, but are landed 8 miles away and only a small percentage manage to get to the town and take the bridge. Most of the film shows the heroism of the paratroopers fighting against tanks, but steel is stronger than human flesh, and the British are forced to withdraw and the operation fails.

Editie gegevens Audience Rating 12 Land Verenigde Staten Taal Engels Streepjescode 8717438136974 Regio Regio 2 Release Datum 20-11-2000 Verpakking Keep Case Scherm Verhouding Widescreen (16:9) Ondertitels Dutch; Nederlands Geluidssporen Dolby Digital 5.1 [Engels] Lagen Enkelzijdig, Dubbellaags Aantal Disks/Banden 1 Materiaal Movie Trailer Scene Access

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