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Movie poster: The Misfit Brigade (1987)
🎬 Movie

The Misfit Brigade

1987 · 99 min War Action Adventure Drama
5.7 / 10 · TMDB

War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1987
Country Denmark, United Kingdom, United States of America
Genre War, Action, Adventure, Drama
Director Gordon Hessler
Runtime 99 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.7/10 (49 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film constructs its narrative on the tension between the condemned men's pasts and their brutal present, relying on the tank's claustrophobic interior as a metaphor for their inescapable fate. It explores the twisted notion of honor in a system built on disgrace.

What lingers after the final battle is not spectacle, but the quiet tragedy of men who were never meant to be saved. A grim character study dressed in war movie attire. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Gordon Hessler

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🎭 Cast

Bruce Davison

Bruce Davison

Porta

David Patrick Kelly

David Patrick Kelly

The Legionnaire

D.W. Moffett

D.W. Moffett

Capt. Von Barring

Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders

Tiny

Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka

Old Man

Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed

The General

David Carradine

David Carradine

Col. Von Weisshagen

Branko Vidaković

Branko Vidaković

Corporal Hugo Stege

Slavko Štimac

Slavko Štimac

Sven Hassel

Boris Komnenić

Boris Komnenić

Bauer

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