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Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough's (Gandhi, Chaplin) film about the military operation Market Garden, which was supposed to hasten the end of World War II but instead turned into one of the Allies' biggest fiascos.
Autumn 1944. Paris is liberated and the Germans retreat on all fronts. However, the Allies suffer from a shortage of supplies and their advance is almost halted. Marshal Montgomery comes up with a new plan -to fight and hold the three bridges in Holland leading across the Rhine to Germany. But the whole operation is complicated by difficult terrain and stiff resistance from the German defenders...
This monumental war fresco features a stellar cast (including Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Robert Redford) and a spectacular production design. The film was nominated for 8 BAFTA awards, 4 of which it won, including Best Music and Best Cinematography...