{"product_id":"the-blockhouse-le","title":"THE BLOCKHOUSE - LE","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product_description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Clive Rees, 1973)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease date: 17 January 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eLimited Edition Blu-ray (World Blu-ray premiere)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased upon harrowing real events which were turned into a 1955 novel by Jean-Paul Clébert,\u003cem\u003e The Blockhouse\u003c\/em\u003e starts explosively with an Allied air raid on a Nazi prison camp. Six escaped prisoners take shelter in an underground blockhouse, which is soon destroyed by heavy shelling. Trapped underground, with an almost endless supply of food, wine and candles, the men must endure confinement with no prospect of escape or rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a stunning ensemble cast that includes Peter Sellers (\u003cem\u003eHoffman\u003c\/em\u003e), Charles Aznavour (\u003cem\u003eShoot the Pianist\u003c\/em\u003e), Peter Vaughan (\u003cem\u003eSymptoms\u003c\/em\u003e), Jeremy Kemp (\u003cem\u003eThe Strange Affair\u003c\/em\u003e), Per Oscarsson (\u003cem\u003eA Dandy in Aspic\u003c\/em\u003e) and Leon Lissek (\u003cem\u003eMarat\/Sade\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eThe Blockhouse\u003c\/em\u003e was filmed on the Channel Islands in a dank and dark underground bunker, giving the film a suffocating sense of claustrophobia. 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