Henry fonda and robert shaw star in this historical account of germany's last major european offensive of the second world war in december 1944. Germany, under the command of col. Martin hessler shaw, plan an attack with their secret panzer division in belgium's ardennes forest, but they are desperately short of fuel and their immediate objective is to capture a big allied fuel deposit, without the allies knowing. Meanwhile, the allied forces try to prepare themselves for an anticipated german attack, unaware that they have the requisite resources for such an assault. The cast also includes robert ryan, charles bronson, james macarthur, dana andrews and george montgomery. Synopsis nazi panzer forces stage a last ditch belgian front offensive that could turn the tide of wwii. This extended version is a digitally re mastered director's cut which features an extra 17 minutes of footage never before available on home video, with 5.1 audio and documentaries. Running time 163 minutes region region 2 subtitles english german release date 5 jun. 2006