LANDING SPOT SUNDAY MOVIE: CASTLE KEEP (1969)

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CASTLE KEEP is a 1969 American war film combining surrealism with tragic realism. It was directed by Sydney Pollack and starS Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Bruce Dern, and Peter Falk. 

The film is based on a novel by William Eastlake published in 1965. Eastlake enlisted in the United States Army in 1942. He served in the Infantry for four and a half years, and was wounded while leading a platoon during the Battle of the Bulge.

LINK TO MOVIE:

https://ok.ru/video/847088519682


 

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