The Longest Day

7.5/10 from 405 votes

Director: Bernhard Wicki

Date of release: 25 Sep 1962

Description

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Extra

Budget	10000000 $
Runtime	178 minute
Producer	20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Language	English Français Deutsch
Themes	world war ii soldier normandy resistance steel helmet allied based on a true story
Actors	Arletty Jean-Louis Barrault Ernst Schröder Heinz Reincke Leslie Phillips Robert Ryan Dietmar Schönherr Robert Freitag Sal Mineo Rod Steiger Peter Lawford John Gregson Harold Goodwin Richard Beymer Eddie Albert Curd Jürgens George Segal Bernard Fox Robert Mitchum Mel Ferrer Richard Münch Armin Dahlen Walter Gotell Robert Wagner Paul Hartmann John Wayne Werner Hinz Gert Fröbe Wolfgang Preiss Hans Christian Blech Clément Harari Stuart Whitman Roddy McDowall Alexander Knox Tom Tryon Christian Marquand Hans Söhnker Karl John Jeffrey Hunter Edmond O'Brien Pauline Carton Peter van Eyck Henry Fonda Bourvil Wolfgang Büttner Paul Anka Richard Burton Vicco von Bülow Frank Finlay Wolfgang Lukschy Kenneth More Steve Forrest Red Buttons Mark Damon Michael Hinz Richard Todd Arnold Gelderman Bernard Fresson Madeleine Renaud Leo Genn Jean Servais Til Kiwe Donald Houston Sean Connery Ray Danton Irina Demick Jack Hedley Fabian Ruth Hausmeister Harry Landis Richard Dawson Lutz Gabor Fred Dur Henry Grace