

The Passage
An ice-swept escape route in front of them. A cold-blooded killer behind them. The only way out is up.
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.
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- Language
- English
- shepherd
- nazi
- world war ii
- exploitation
- basque country, spain
- scientist
- 1940s
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalR9 Mar 1979
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1811 May 1979
GermanyDE
- Physical1611 Nov 2021
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The Passage was released on 9 March 1979.
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CinemaSerf
6/5/2023
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 - wh…
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