The castle in the Ardennes

Movie
German title	The castle in the Ardennes
Original title	Castle Keep
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1969
length	103 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Sydney Pollack
script	David Ray fell to ; Daniel Taradash
production	John Calley ; Martin Ransohoff
music	Michel Legrand
camera	Henri Decaë
cut	Malcolm Cooke
occupation
	Burt Lancaster : Major Abraham Falconer; Patrick O'Neal : Captain Lionel Beckman; Jean-Pierre Aumont : Count of Maldorais; Peter Falk : Sgt. Rossi; Astrid Heeren : Therese; Scott Wilson : Cpl. Clearboy; Tony Bill : Lt. Amberjack; Al Freeman Jr. : Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin; James Patterson : Elk; Bruce Dern : Lt. Billy Byron Bix;

The Castle in the Ardennes is an American war film from 1969 directed by Sydney Pollack . The actor Burt Lancaster can be seen in the leading role .

action

Second World War : An American special unit occupies a castle in the Ardennes in German-occupied Belgium. The soldiers' commander, Major Abraham Falconer, has an affair with the lady of the castle. He discovers valuable treasures in the underground passages.

The German troops start the Ardennes offensive and advance with tanks to the castle. The Americans under Major Falconer organize the defense, which is losing money and leading to great destruction.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film vacillated between colportage and criticism and indulged in destruction towards the end .

Rotten Tomatoes wrote that the film was a dramatic allegory .

Castle novel with educated middle-class airs ... against a macabre war backdrop (Heyne Filmlexikon, 1996)

Remarks

The film was shot in a castle in Yugoslavia . Its plot is based on the novel Castle Keep by William Eastlake .

literature

William Eastlake: Castle Keep. A novel . Dalkey Archive Press, Normal, Il. 1999, ISBN 1-564-78208-5 (repr. Of the New York 1965 edition)

media

The castle in the Ardennes . Columbia Tristar, London 2004 (1 DVD)

Web links

Castle Keep in Internet Movie Database (English)
Castle Keep at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

[1] The castle in the Ardennes. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] ttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/castle_keep