Directed by:
Dalton TrumboCinematography:
Jules BrennerComposer:
Jerry FieldingCast:
Timothy Bottoms, Marsha Hunt, Dalton Trumbo, Jason Robards, David Soul, Donald Sutherland, Charles McGraw, Eduard Franz, Diane Varsi, Pepe Serna (more)Plots(1)
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, this anti-war film focuses on a young American soldier (Timothy Bottoms) who has been hit by a shell on the last day of the First World War. He is without limbs, eyes, ears, mouth or nose, and at the beginning of the film is in a coma. The doctors believe, and hope, he will not regain consciousness; in order to keep the 'good order' of the military, an Army general has instructed the hospital not to allow the boy to be seen or to notify his family, but has also insisted that the medical staff are not allowed to perform euthanasia. A nurse realises the young soldier is awake while changing his dressings. As he remains conscious, he tries to communicate to his doctors his wish to be put on show as a true example of the horrors of war. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Timothy Bottoms
USA
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Marsha Hunt
USA
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Dalton Trumbo
USA
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Jason Robards
USA
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David Soul
USA
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Donald Sutherland
Canada
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Charles McGraw
USA
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Eduard Franz
USA
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Diane Varsi
USA
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Pepe Serna
USA
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Don 'Red' Barry
USA
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Peter Brocco
USA
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Arthur Tovey
USA
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William Mims
USA
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Robert Easton
USA
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Winston Churchill (a.f.)
UK
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USA
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Philippe Pétain (a.f.)
France
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Ben Hammer
USA
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Ken Globus
USA
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