Only chance could have thrown them together. Now, nothing can pull them apart.
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
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as The Sergeant
DeceasedBorn: February 19, 1924
Died: August 29, 1987
Age at death: 63
as Griff
AliveBorn: September 25, 1951
Age: 74
Oakland, California, USA
as Zab
DeceasedBorn: March 24, 1954
Died: February 23, 2026
Age at death: 71
as Vinci
AliveBorn: June 7, 1954
Age: 72
Itasca, Illinois, USA
as Johnson
AliveBorn: November 17, 1956
Age: 69
San Diego, California, USA
as Walloon
DeceasedBorn: November 8, 1932
Died: March 27, 2018
Age at death: 85
as Schroeder
DeceasedBorn: April 2, 1932
Died: March 11, 2018
Age at death: 85
as Rensonnet
DeceasedBorn: March 12, 1930
Died: September 4, 2004
Age at death: 74
as General / Captain
DeceasedBorn: September 26, 1927
Died: August 13, 1999
Age at death: 71
as Broban
AliveBorn: October 12, 1944
Age: 81
Paris, France
as Vichy Colonel
DeceasedBorn: March 23, 1915
Died: May 6, 2007
Age at death: 92
as Dog Face POW
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Shep
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Lemchek
AliveBorn: June 12, 1954
Age: 72
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
as Switolski
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Kaiser
AliveBorn: December 24, 1959
Age: 66
Palo Alto, California, USA
as Smitty
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Madame Marbaise
AliveBorn: March 20, 1932
Age: 94
Fort-de-l'Eau, Alger, France [now Bordj El Kifan, Algeria]
as Woman in Sicilian Village
DeceasedBorn: June 27, 1916
Died: April 21, 1992
Age at death: 75
as The Hun
AliveBirth date not on record.
as German Male Nurse
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Sicilian Boy
AliveBirth date not on record.
as German Field Marshall
DeceasedBorn: September 14, 1932
Died: April 28, 2005
Age at death: 72
as Pregnant Frenchwoman
AliveBirth date not on record.
as War Correspondent (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: August 12, 1912
Died: October 30, 1997
Age at death: 85
as German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: December 23, 1943
Died: January 30, 2026
Age at death: 82