Battle for the Bulge

Directed by Peter Batty
1968    48m
7.2
This WWII documentary uses current location filming and authentic historic film clips to document the Battle of the Bulge, the last big German offensive in World War II, which was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg in December of 1944. The film also portrays the heroism, as well as the confusion and humiliation, that characterized both the Allied and the German troops. It contains rare or previously unseen archival film material as well as in-depth interviews with military leaders from both sides who gives their account of this battle.
Cast of Battle for the Bulge
  • Hasso von ManteuffelSelf - Commander, 5th Panzer Army
  • Robert HasbrouckSelf - Commander, 7th Armoured Division
  • John MaceSelf - 7th Armoured Division
  • David BelchemSelf - 21st Army Group
  • Alan JonesSelf - 106th Infantry Division
  • Friedrich August Freiherr von der HeydteSelf - Parachute Commander
  • Bruce ClarkeSelf - Defender of St Vith
  • Francis de GuingandSelf - Montgomery's Chief of Staff
  • Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf - Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
  • Adolf HitlerSelf - Führer of Germany
  • Bernard L. MontgomerySelf - Commander of the the 21st Army Group
  • Gerd von RundstedtSelf - Generalfeldmarschall in the Germany Army
  • Bernard ArchardSelf - Narrator
  • Siegfried WestphalSelf

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