The Big Red One

The Big Red One

The real glory of war is surviving

1980 en 113 minutes

Rating: 6.7

Plot

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.

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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

Colin Gilbert

Colin Gilbert

Dog Face POW

Joseph Clark

Joseph Clark

Shep

Ken Campbell

Ken Campbell

Lemchek

Doug Werner

Doug Werner

Switolski

Perry Lang

Perry Lang

Kaiser

Howard Delman

Howard Delman

Smitty

Marthe Villalonga

Marthe Villalonga

Madame Marbaise

Giovanna Galletti

Giovanna Galletti

Woman in Sicilian Village

Gregori Buimistre

Gregori Buimistre

The Hun

Shimon Barr

Shimon Barr

German Male Nurse

Matteo Zoffoli

Matteo Zoffoli

Sicilian Boy

Abraham Ronai

Abraham Ronai

German Field Marshall

Galit Rotman

Galit Rotman

Pregnant Frenchwoman

Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller

War Correspondent (uncredited)

Christa Lang

Christa Lang

German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)

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