The Lost Battalion
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“Caught between two lines of fire, the Germans gave them two options: surrender or die. They chose a third.”
Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.
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Cast
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Ricky Schroder
Maj. Charles W. Whittlesey
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Phil McKee
Capt. George McMurtry
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Jamie Harris
Sgt. Gaedeke
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Carnival Row
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Jay Rodan
Lt. Leak
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Adam James
Capt. Nelson Holderman
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Band of Brothers
The Day of the Jackal
Daniel Caltagirone
Pvt. Phillip Cepeglia
Known for
The Fall
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Michael Goldstrom
Pvt. Jacob Rosen
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Dragons: Race to the Edge
André Vippolis
Pvt. Frank Lipasti
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Super Troopers
Boiler Room
Rhys Miles Thomas
Pvt. Robert Yoder
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Very Annie Mary
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Arthur Kremer
Pvt. Abraham Krotoshinsky
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Finbar Lynch
Ferguson
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Attila
Treadstone
Derek Kueter
Major Wanvig
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Russell Mulcahy Director · James Carabatsos Writer Richard Marvin Composer
United States release December 2, 2001 · Produced in United States, Luxembourg · Languages English, German
Production
David Gerber Productions
Production
20th Century Fox Television
Production
A+E Global Media
Production
United States · Luxembourg
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Germany · December 2, 2001
TV
United States · December 2, 2001
TV · A&E
Australia
January 7, 2003 · Physical · VHS
France
March 6, 2013 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
October 29, 2021 · Digital · Prime Video
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