Weekend at Dunkirk

Year: 1964

Runtime: 119 mins

Language: French

Director: Henri Verneuil

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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.

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