72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Longest Day / THE LONGEST DAY

Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki
     169 m.
Synopsis
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The Longest Day relates the first 24 hours of a crucial episode in World War II: the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. Eisenhower gives the order setting powerful warfaring machinery in motion - to the surprise of the Germans who didn't expect the attack on that particular day. The Allies head for the Normandy beaches while paratroopers are dropped inland to take key towns and bridges. Bloody battles on all fronts end with D-Day and victory for the Allies, thus able to advance through France as a result of the positions they had taken.
Director
Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki
Screenplay
Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
Photography
Henri Persin, Walter Wottitz, Pierre Levent, Jean Bourgoin, Guy Tabary
Edition
Samuel E. Beetley
Music
Maurice Jarre
Cast
John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Running Time
169 m.
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