{"product_id":"blockhouse-the-blu-ray","title":"Blockhouse, The (Limited Edition BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBased upon harrowing real events which were turned into a 1955 novel by Jean-Paul Clébert,\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Blockhouse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estarts explosively with an Allied air raid on a Nazi prison camp. Six escaped prisoners take shelter in an underground blockhouse, which is soon destroyed by heavy shelling. Trapped underground, with an almost endless supply of food, wine and candles, the men must endure confinement with no prospect of escape or rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeaturing a stunning ensemble cast that includes Peter Sellers (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHoffman\u003c\/em\u003e), Charles Aznavour (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShoot the Pianist\u003c\/em\u003e), Peter Vaughan (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSymptoms\u003c\/em\u003e), Jeremy Kemp (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Strange Affair\u003c\/em\u003e), Per Oscarsson (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Dandy in Aspic\u003c\/em\u003e) and Leon Lissek (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarat\/Sade\u003c\/em\u003e),\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Blockhouse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas filmed on the Channel Islands in a dank and dark underground bunker, giving the film a suffocating sense of claustrophobia. 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