The read
It runs a compact 53m.
Synopsis
Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen Flavin, a young girl who works at a post office, used as a weather station, in Blacksod, in County Mayo, the westernmost promontory of Europe, far from the many lands devastated by the iron storms of World War II.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Gerry GreggDirector
- Gerry GreggWriter
Cast
- Eva SweeneyYoung Maureen Flavin Sweeney
- Colin WrightGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Mike JohnsonCaptain James Stagg
- John DownesMet Éireann Telephone Operator
- Antony BeevorSelf - Historian
- Robert GerwarthSelf - Historian
- Susan EisenhowerSelf - Eisenhower's Granddaughter
- Joseph SkellySelf - Historian
- Richard G. TrefrySelf - Retired US Army Lt. General
- Maureen Flavin SweeneySelf - Weather Observer (1944)
- Gerald FlemingSelf - Meteorologist
- David McCullaghSelf - Journalist
Stills
Themes
weather forecastworld war iiinterviewd-dayirelandtestify1940sweather reportinvasion by seawar documentarytestimonyhistorical documentary