Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)

Name: Weekend at Dunkirk
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1964-12-18
Duration: 119 min
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Géret, Jean-Pierre Marielle, François Périer

Only once before, in The Longest Day, has a motion picture achieved such greatness !

In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.

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Released 1964-12-18 · 119 min · Drama, War

Directed by Henri Verneuil

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Julien Maillat
Catherine Spaak as Jeanne
Georges Géret as Pinot
Jean-Pierre Marielle as Pierson
François Périer as Alexandre
Pierre Mondy as Dhéry
Ronald Howard as le capitaine Robinson
Dominique Zardi as le caporal-chef réceptionniste
Marie Dubois as Hélène, la femme d'Atkins
Christian Barbier as Paul
Jean-Paul Roussillon as le gouape
Paul Préboist as le soldat qui boit
Pierre Vernier as un croque-mort
François Guérin as Le lieutenant pressé
Kenneth Haigh as Atkins