Blockhouse, The

Date: 1973
Director: Clive Rees
Production Company: Audley Films, Galactacus, Hemdale Film

Stars: Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp, Per Oscarsson, Peter Vaughan, Nicholas Jones, Leon Lissek
Location(s): Guernsey

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Storyline:

During an Allied attack on D-Day, seven prisoners of war shelter in a bunker to await rescue for years. Only two will survive. SJ

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  • Capture 1
  • 22 Dec 2012

Somewhere in Guernsey, prisoners of the Germans labour.

Unmistakable cliff formation. SJ

  • Capture 2
  • 22 Dec 2012

Looks like the Torteval/Pleinmont area in the southwest of the island.

Observation tower, close to Route du Crotier. A family affair with bro Robin and sis Katherine huddling against the Guernsey fog in search of Sellers' footprints. SJ

  • Capture 3
  • 22 Dec 2012

That's Vaughan with the red arm-band just before the Allies attack.

Same rocks protruding behind and in front of Vaughan. The observation tower is to the right. SJ

  • Capture 4
  • 22 Dec 2012

During the attack, a struggle for shelter in the bunker.

The bunker to the west of the observation tower, Rue des Poetelettes, Torteval. SJ

  • Capture 5
  • 22 Dec 2012

The entrance

It's inaccessible now. SJ

  • Capture 6
  • 22 Dec 2012

Then the drama is in the darkness of the blockhouse but this is some clear evidence in the end titles.

Taken from near the observation tower. SJ