CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 1h 32m

The Phoney War

80%(4)IMDbHistoryDocumentaryWar

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.

Directed byCédric Gruat

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
FR
Released
August 27, 2019
Studios
ARTEECPADToute L'Histoire

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Éric Caravaca

Éric Caravaca

Self - Narrator (voice)

Bertrand Chamerois

Bertrand Chamerois

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jean-Marie Fonbonne

Jean-Marie Fonbonne

Self - Narrator (voice)

Laurent Lederer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Anna Flori-Lamour

Anna Flori-Lamour

Self - Narrator (voice)

Céline Payen

Self - Narrator (voice)

Fernand Bignon

Fernand Bignon

Self - Photographer (archive footage)

Jacqueline Bignon

Self - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)

Maurice Gamelin

Maurice Gamelin

Self - Army General (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier

Édouard Daladier

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Cédric Gruat
Written by
Cédric Gruat
Produced by
Marc Silvera

Keep watching

More like this

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!7.9

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

1966 · Film

Can't Stop Eating

Can't Stop Eating

2006 · Film

The Smuggler and Her Charges7.3

The Smuggler and Her Charges

2016 · Film

Europa Europa7.2

Europa Europa

1990 · Film

Black Book7.4

Black Book

2006 · Film

The Longest Day7.6

The Longest Day

1962 · Film

Britain's Greatest Pilot: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown9.0

Britain's Greatest Pilot: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown

2014 · Film

Max Ernst: Journey into the Subconscious6.0

Max Ernst: Journey into the Subconscious

1964 · Film

Monarch7.0

Monarch

2000 · Film

Balladur-Chirac, mensonges et trahisons8.0

Balladur-Chirac, mensonges et trahisons

2017 · Film

Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People

Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People

1984 · Film

Train of Life7.3

Train of Life

1998 · Film

U-5716.6

U-571

2000 · Film

19007.8

1900

1976 · Film

Echo on the Seashore8.0

Echo on the Seashore

1966 · Film

The Ambush10.0

The Ambush

1968 · Film

Vengeance of the Three Musketeers6.9

Vengeance of the Three Musketeers

1961 · Film

The Auschwitz Trial

The Auschwitz Trial

2013 · Film

Picked for you

Recommended movies

The Battle of San Pietro6.1

The Battle of San Pietro

1945 · Film

The Soviet Story7.3

The Soviet Story

2008 · Film

They Shall Not Grow Old7.8

They Shall Not Grow Old

2018 · Film

2000 Meters to Andriivka8.1

2000 Meters to Andriivka

2025 · Film

Why We Fight: Prelude to War6.4

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

1942 · Film

Korengal6.6

Korengal

2014 · Film

Night and Fog8.3

Night and Fog

1956 · Film

The Age of Stupid6.6

The Age of Stupid

2009 · Film

Shoah8.2

Shoah

1985 · Film

WWII From Space7.4

WWII From Space

2012 · Film

The Bloody Hundredth7.2

The Bloody Hundredth

2024 · Film

The Atomic Cafe7.3

The Atomic Cafe

1982 · Film

Father Soldier Son6.5

Father Soldier Son

2020 · Film

Virunga7.9

Virunga

2014 · Film

20 Days in Mariupol8.1

20 Days in Mariupol

2023 · Film

City of Ghosts7.2

City of Ghosts

2017 · Film

For Sama8.2

For Sama

2019 · Film

We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company7.4

We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company

2001 · Film

Last Days in Vietnam7.3

Last Days in Vietnam

2014 · Film

NAZA8.1

NAZA

2026 · Film