"Only once before, in The Longest Day, has a motion picture achieved such greatness !"

1964

1h 59m

6.9(146 votes)

Drama

War

Overview

In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.

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Cast & Crew

44 members

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Jean-Paul Belmondo

Julien Maillat

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Catherine Spaak

Jeanne

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Georges Géret

Pinot

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Jean-Pierre Marielle

Pierson

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François Périer

Alexandre

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Pierre Mondy

Dhéry

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Ronald Howard

le capitaine Robinson

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Dominique Zardi

le caporal-chef réceptionniste

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Marie Dubois

Hélène, la femme d'Atkins

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Christian Barbier

Paul

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Jean-Paul Roussillon

le gouape

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Paul Préboist

le soldat qui boit

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Pierre Vernier

un croque-mort

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François Guérin

Le lieutenant pressé

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Kenneth Haigh

Atkins

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Albert Rémy

Virrel

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Nigel Stock

Un soldat brûlé

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Alan Adair

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Robert Bazil

Un soldat

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Charles Bouillaud

Le rouspéteur

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Gérard Darrieu

Un lieutenant

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Robert Deslandes

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Colin Mann

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Christian Melsen

1st German Parachutist

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Michel Barbey

Dr. Claude Cirilli

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Marie-France Boyer

Jacqueline

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Pierre Collet

Le capitaine Français

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Raoul Delfosse

Le soldat annonçant la mort d'Alexandre / Infantryman

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Jean-Claude Dubois

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Bob Lerick

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Bernard Musson

Un croque-mort

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Donald O'Brien

L'officier anglais

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Paul Pavel

Unknown Role

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Robert Rollis

Le soldat à bicyclette

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Rolph Spath

Un parachutiste allemand / 2nd German Parachutist

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Julien Verdier

L'infirmier

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Marie-France Mignal

Antoinette

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Anthony Stuart

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Robert Napier

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René Penetra

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Eric Sinclair

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Louis Viret

Le chauffeur du lieutenant

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Jacques Ferrière

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Maurice Auzel

Le soldat dans l'abri

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