Only once before, in The Longest Day, has a motion picture achieved such greatness !
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.
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Julien Maillat
Catherine Spaak
Jeanne
Georges Géret
Pinot
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Pierson
François Périer
Alexandre
Pierre Mondy
Dhéry
Ronald Howard
le capitaine Robinson
Dominique Zardi
le caporal-chef réceptionniste
Marie Dubois
Hélène, la femme d'Atkins
Jean-Paul Roussillon
le gouape
Paul Préboist
le soldat qui boit
Pierre Vernier
un croque-mort
François Guérin
Le lieutenant pressé
Kenneth Haigh
Atkins
Albert Rémy
Virrel
Nigel Stock
Un soldat brûlé
Robert Bazil
Un soldat
Charles Bouillaud
Le rouspéteur
Gérard Darrieu
Un lieutenant
Christian Melsen
1st German Parachutist
Michel Barbey
Dr. Claude Cirilli
Marie-France Boyer
Jacqueline
Pierre Collet
Le capitaine Français
Raoul Delfosse
Le soldat annonçant la mort d'Alexandre / Infantryman
Bernard Musson
Un croque-mort
Donald O'Brien
L'officier anglais
Robert Rollis
Le soldat à bicyclette
Rolph Spath
Un parachutiste allemand / 2nd German Parachutist
Julien Verdier
L'infirmier
Marie-France Mignal
Antoinette
Louis Viret
Le chauffeur du lieutenant
Maurice Auzel
Le soldat dans l'abri
The Pariah
Passchendaele
Greed in the Sun
Serie Noire
The Cow and I
A Thousand Billion Dollars
White Soldier
Uncertain Glory
Heroes of Dunhuang
Congorama
The Discord
That Man from Rio
Weekend
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The Weather Man
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
One Week Friends
Fantomas
The Gift