The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events of the war in Europe from the Normandy landings to the fall of Berlin.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Garson KaninDirector
- Paddy ChayefskyWriter
- Carol ReedDirector
Cast
- Leslie BanksCommentator
- Robert HarrisCommentator
- Sam LeveneCommentator
- Peter UstinovCommentator
- Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf
- George S. PattonSelf (archive footage)
- Richard AttenboroughCommentator
- Winston ChurchillSelf