The Big Red One
28/05/1980
2h

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
Cast


Lee Marvin
The Sergeant


Mark Hamill
Griff


Robert Carradine
Zab


Bobby Di Cicco
Vinci


Kelly Ward
Johnson


Stéphane Audran
Walloon


Siegfried Rauch
Schroeder


Serge Marquand
Rensonnet


Charles Macaulay
General / Captain


Alain Doutey
Broban


Maurice Marsac
Vichy Colonel
Colin Gilbert
Dog Face POW
Joseph Clark
Shep
Ken Campbell
Lemchek
Doug Werner
Switolski


Perry Lang
Kaiser
Howard Delman
Smitty


Marthe Villalonga
Madame Marbaise


Giovanna Galletti
Woman in Sicilian Village
Gregori Buimistre
The Hun
Shimon Barr
German Male Nurse
Matteo Zoffoli
Sicilian Boy
Abraham Ronai
German Field Marshall
Galit Rotman
Pregnant Frenchwoman


Samuel Fuller
War Correspondent (uncredited)


Christa Lang
German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)
Recommended

When Trumpets Fade
Jun 27, 1998

Men in War
May 03, 1957

Saving Private Ryan
Jul 24, 1998

Miracle at St. Anna
Sep 15, 2008

The Grey Zone
Sep 13, 2001

The World Will Tremble
Mar 14, 2025

Shutter Island
Feb 14, 2010

Adam Resurrected
Aug 08, 2008

Cross of Iron
Jan 28, 1977

Play Dirty
Jan 02, 1969

The Kill Team
Oct 17, 2019

Escape from Sobibor
Apr 12, 1987

Paradise Road
Feb 11, 1997
Recommended