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The Big Red One

1980 · 162 min

A gritty, episodic war epic that follows soldiers through harrowing battles, mixing camaraderie with the brutal realities of combat and moral ambiguity.

Tagline
Only chance could have thrown them together. Now, nothing can pull them apart.
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • friendship
  • death
  • morality
Places
  • military
  • wilderness
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror5
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Samuel Fuller
Written by
Samuel Fuller
Starring
Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Kelly Ward, Stéphane Audran, Siegfried Rauch, Serge Marquand
Music
Dana Kaproff
Cinematography
Adam Greenberg
Runtime
162 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Italian, German, French

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