Battle Of The Bulge

Starring: Fonda, Henry and Shaw, Robert

Product Description

Allied officers and a German tank commander have a tactical showdown in the Ardennes forest, December 1944.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 085391108627
• Release Date: January 2005
• Rating: NR
• Publisher: Studio Distribution Servi
• Director: Annakin, Ken
• Starring: Fonda, Henry, Shaw, Robert
• Runtime: 2 hours, 47 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Theme song “Panzerlied” lyrics by Kurt Wiele

This is supposed to be an epic war movie. And it is. It is a great vehicle for many of the popular actors of the time which including some immortals. This is not intended to be a documentary. The overall intent of this presentation, other than entertainment, is to show that war has a lasting effect on those people who live through it. The story is, of course, the title “Battle of the Bulge” only instead of concentrating on Bastogne we are treated to the formula which on the U.S. side Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley (Henry Fonda) figures out them sneaky Germans are going to attack through the forest and of course Col. Pritchard (Dana Andrews) wants to have Lt. Col. Kiley committed. On the German side, Col. Martin Hessler (Robert Shaw) just wants to have fun playing tank and wants the war to go on forever; however, his sidekick, Cpl. Conrad (Hans Christian Blech) has this thing about preventing his offspring from joining the fun of an endless war. Can Gen. Grey (Robert Ryan) find a mistake the Germans have made and turn this around, or will the German juggernaut just keep coming on? No fair looking at this movie from hindsight. I have watched this movie on and off for several decades, and even though the Blu-ray version does not add any unfamiliar words or scenes to the movie, it does add a sort of 3D effect that adds to one's viewing pleasure. As a bonus, Director Ken Annakin and Actor James McArthur (who plays Lt. Weaver in the movie) are still alive and add a voice-over commentary