A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.

欧战尾声，盟军上下逐渐弥漫着乐观的情绪。为了提前结束战争，各地盟军将领认为只要一番猛攻，便可提早直捣柏林结束战争。于是轻率地将大批伞兵空投在德军营地背后，去攻占阿纳姆的那座横跨莱茵河的大桥。不料遭遇德军的顽强抵抗，盟军付出了伤亡惨重的代价。这场堪称二战中最具戏剧性的战役，终以盟军的惨痛失败而告终。由奥斯卡金像奖得奖导演理查德·阿滕伯勒执导的战争巨片《遥远的桥》，根据科尼利厄斯·瑞恩的同名小说改编而成。影片表现和讴歌了盟军在二战中浴血奋战的斗争精神，被誉为电影史上的超级战争巨片。本片的明星阵容空前强大，聚集了诸如詹姆斯·卡恩、迈克尔·凯恩、肖恩·康纳利、罗伯特·雷德福、安东尼·霍普金斯等数国的数十位明星。本片荣获1978年第31届英国电影和电视艺术学院奖最佳摄影、最佳男配角、最佳原声等多项大奖与提名。