The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
A montage of newscasts tracing the events of the "damned war" and the German invasion of 1940.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques LaurentWriter
- Jean AurelDirector
Cast
- Eduard BenesSelf
- Georges BonnetSelf
- Neville ChamberlainSelf (archive footage)
- Winston ChurchillSelf
- Galeazzo CianoSelf (archive footage)
- Édouard DaladierSelf
- 1st Earl of Halifax Edward WoodSelf
- Maurice GamelinSelf (archive footage)
- Hermann GöringSelf (archive footage)
- Franz HalderSelf
- Konrad HenleinSelf (archive footage)
- Heinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage)
Themes
future warnewsreel footageagreementnewsreeleuropean historypre-warpolitical crisisdiplomatic crisiswar documentaryphoney warhistorical documentaryhistorical events