Release, runtime and language

1964 · 119 mins · French

Directed by

Henri Verneuil

Starring

Albert Rémy, François Périer, Georges Géret, Marie Dubois, Catherine Spaak, Nigel Stock

Few films have matched the impact of The Longest Day, and this one comes close. Set in June 1940 amid the Dunkirk evacuation, French Sergeant Julien Maillat and his comrades must decide whether to board the ships bound for Britain or remain on the beaches and confront the rapidly closing German forces from every direction.