The Passage

1979

Action / Drama / War

12
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 2569 2.6K

shepherd nazi world war ii exploitation basque country, spain scientist

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Plot summary

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.

Director

J. Lee Thompson Photo
J. Lee Thompson

Top cast

Jim Broadbent Photo
Jim Broadbent as German Soldier
Malcolm McDowell Photo
Malcolm McDowell as Capt. Von Berkow
Christopher Lee Photo
Christopher Lee as The Gypsy
Paul Clemens Photo
Paul Clemens as Paul Bergson
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808.72 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 4
1.54 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

Malcom McDowall manages to portray the epitome of

Malcom McDowall manages to portray the epitome of Nazi SS nastiness in this story with a worryingly natural aplomb! He is leading a party pursuing James Mason ("Prof. Bergson") who, alongside his family, is being smuggled from France into Spain by the wily shepherd Anthony Quinn. Their journey is fraught with danger as they must cross the inhospitable terrain of the Pyrenee mountains with snow up to their thighs - whilst McDowall ("Capt. Von Berkow") uses just about every brutal technique in the book to strike fear into everyone who has seen/helped them as he tries to apprehend the professor. The production standards are a bit on the low side (not that the cold and variable light quality could have been of much help); the dialogue is badly captured with a poor audio mix and although there are certainly some horrific scenes - the end of Christopher Lee's brief contribution comes to mind - it's is all just a bit on the procedural side. Quinn portrays the cantankerous, brave, Basque very much it style of many of his previous roles - he sort of grunts his way though the thing with little by way of engagement with us, the audience, and the ending goes from thrilling to silly in a matter of a few frames!. The photography is splendid, and the story has a taut pace to it - it just isn't very good.
Reviewed by ma-cortes 5 / 10

Average wartime motion picture with large cast and spectacular landscapes

The film talks upon a Basque shepherd (Anthony Quinn) whose assignment results to be the leading a family (James Mason , Patricia Neal , Kay Lenz and Clemens) through the Pyrenees mountains (France) until Spain . But they are relentlessly pursued by an evil Nazi officer (Malcolm McDowell) .The movie is set in Second War World when Hitler invaded France and ruled the collaborating government from Vichy under command of general Petain .In the flick there are shocks , action , thriller , shootouts , drama and deal of violence and tortures in charge of Malcolm McDowell .Acceptable acting with all-star-cast . Anthony Quinn and James Mason are good and give nice performances ; also Christopher Lee acting as an agreeable gypsy , changing his usual villain role .Malcolm McDowell's interpretation is overblown , he plays as an evil , sadist , wry and murderer Gestapo officer .The final confrontation between the starring family , the Basque and the Nazis across the snowy landscapes is breathtaking .The flick was regularly directed by J. Lee Thompson .The yarn will appeal to suspense , emotions enthusiasts and WWII buffs .Rating : 5.5/10 , mediocre .
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