Synopsis
September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Cédric GruatWriter
- Cédric GruatDirector
- Alice Guerlot KourouklisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Éric CaravacaSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Bertrand ChameroisSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Jean-Marie FonbonneSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Laurent LedererSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Anna Flori-LamourSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Céline PayenSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Fernand BignonSelf - Photographer (archive footage)
- Jacqueline BignonSelf - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)
- Maurice GamelinSelf - Army General (archive footage)
- Édouard DaladierSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Adolf HitlerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Joseph GoebbelsSelf - Politician (archive footage)
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Themes
franceenglandworld war iigerman occupation of francepolandwar propagandafood rationingwar effort1940spolitical repressionfront-line soldierwar documentary