UK,
1965, 121 min
(Alternative: 119 min)
Directed by:
Sidney LumetCinematography:
Oswald MorrisCast:
Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch, Ossie Davis, Roy Kinnear, Jack Watson, Ian Hendry, Michael Redgrave, Norman Bird, Neil McCarthy (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-in-arms.
Sean Connery headlines this stark tale of war inside military prison walls. The inmates are soldiers who once defied, rebelled, talked back. The wardens are sadists who perpetrate cruelty in the name of discipline.
(official distributor synopsis)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1966 - Oswald Morris (Best British Cinematography - Black and White)
- 1966 - Sidney Lumet (Best Film)
- 1966 - Harry Andrews (Best British Actor)
- 1966 - Ray Rigby (Best British Screenplay)
- 1966 - Best British Art Direction - Black and White
- 1966 - Sidney Lumet (Outstanding British Film)
Cannes Film Festival
- 1965 - Ray Rigby, Sidney Lumet (Best Screenplay)
- 1965 - Sidney Lumet (Grand Prize)