The Big Red One
The real glory of war is surviving
Collections:
1001-Movies
Top-100 Directors
Studio:
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Year:
1980
Critics Rating: 88%
Audience Rating: 76%
Duration: 1 h 53 m
Updated: 2026 Jul 20
Movie ID: 132374
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Synopsis
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.
