Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Week-end à Zuydcoote
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.
- Date of release
- 1964-12-18
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (160)
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Henri Verneuil
Casting
- Jean-Paul Belmondo — Julien Maillat
- Catherine Spaak — Jeanne
- Georges Géret — Pinot
- Jean-Pierre Marielle — Pierson
- François Périer — Alexandre
- Pierre Mondy — Dhéry
- Ronald Howard — le capitaine Robinson
- Dominique Zardi — le caporal-chef réceptionniste
- Marie Dubois — Hélène, la femme d'Atkins
- Christian Barbier — Paul
- Jean-Paul Roussillon — le gouape
- Paul Préboist — le soldat qui boit
Interesting facts
- Based on: Week-end at Zuydcoote
- Filmed in: Bray-Dunes
Weekend at Dunkirk is a 1964 French-Italian drama war film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. It is based on the 1949 Prix Goncourt winning novel Week-end at Zuydcoote by Robert Merle.
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