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Castle Keep is a 1969 American war comedy-drama film combining surrealism with tragic realism. It was directed by Sydney Pollack, and starred Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Bruce Dern and Peter Falk. The film appeared in the summer of 1969, a few months before the premiere of Pollack's smash hit They Shoot Horses ...
An American squad occupies a 10th Century castle in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge and faces various challenges and romances. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this action comedy drama film.
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- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Sydney Pollack
- 1969-09-20
Sgt. Rossi, a baker before the war, falls in love with a baker's widow and decides to go AWOL, resuming his pre-war life. Others in the group are sympathetic to his cause, and rather than arresting him, try and talk him into re-enlisting.
Sydney Pollack brought together an expert ensemble cast in Castle Keep (1969), an eccentric World War II film based on William Eastlake's novel. Burt Lancaster plays a one-eyed American Army major leading a small company of GIs in France near the end of the war.
- Sydney Pollack
- Burt Lancaster
Castle Keep is a 1999 war film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, and Patrick O'Neal. It follows a one-eyed major and his men who defend a Belgian castle from a German attack during World War II.
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- Sydney Pollack
- R
- Burt Lancaster
Dec 24, 2013 · A one-eyed major and his oddball heroes fight a twentieth-century war in a tenth-century castle. Watch the trailer, read the overview and user score, and find out more about the cast and crew of this film directed by Sydney Pollack.
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his remote 10th Century castle hoping a battle there against the advancing Germans will not lead to its destruction and all the heritage within.
