Top billed cast

1. 

   Michael Caine

   The Captain

2. 

   Omar Sharif

   Vogel

3. 

   Florinda Bolkan

   Erica

4. 

   Nigel Davenport

   Gruber

5. 

   Per Oscarsson

   Father Sebastian

6. 

   Madeleine Hinde

   Inge

7. 

   Yorgo Voyagis

   Pirelli

8. 

   Miguel Alejandro

   Julio

9. 

   Christian Roberts

   Andreas

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-05-29

It might be possible 50 years on, to make the casting choices work that James Clavell tried to do with this. Back in 1971, however, casting Omar Sharif as the teutonic "Vogel" opposite Michael Caine's only marginally more convincing "Captain" really does stretch the imagination a little too much. Add arch-Englishmen Nigel Davenport ("Gruber") and Brian Blessed ("Korski") and you have a recipe for characterisation disaster. Though well produced, with plenty of attention to detail and a typically strong score from John Barry, that is what we get! It is set amidst the bitter and rancorous 30 year...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$11,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• germany
• 17th century
• thirty years' war (1618-1648)
• war