The Phoney War
The Phoney War

The Phoney War

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2019
1h 32m
8.0(3 votes)
History
Documentary
War
TV Movie

Overview

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.

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ECPAD
Toute L'Histoire

Cast & Crew

26 members
Acting

Éric Caravaca

Self - Narrator (voice)

Éric Caravaca
Acting

Bertrand Chamerois

Self - Narrator (voice)

Bertrand Chamerois
Acting

Jean-Marie Fonbonne

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jean-Marie Fonbonne
Acting

Laurent Lederer

Self - Narrator (voice)

No Image
Acting

Anna Flori-Lamour

Self - Narrator (voice)

Anna Flori-Lamour
Acting

Céline Payen

Self - Narrator (voice)

No Image
Acting

Fernand Bignon

Self - Photographer (archive footage)

Fernand Bignon
Acting

Jacqueline Bignon

Self - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)

No Image
Acting

Maurice Gamelin

Self - Army General (archive footage)

Maurice Gamelin
Acting

Édouard Daladier

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier
Acting

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Acting

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels
Acting

Walther Lenger

Self - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)

No Image
Acting

Günther Prien

Self - U-boat Commander (archive footage)

No Image
Acting

Walther von Brauchitsch

Self - Army General (archive footage)

No Image
Acting

Fernandel

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Fernandel
Acting

Albert Lebrun

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Albert Lebrun
Acting

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

King George VI of the United Kingdom
Acting

Neville Chamberlain

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain
Acting

William Shepherd Morrison

Self - Politician (archive footage)

No Image
Acting

Winston Churchill

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Winston Churchill
Acting

Charles de Gaulle

Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle
Acting

Benito Mussolini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini
Acting

Hermann Göring

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Göring
Acting

Paul Valéry

Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

Paul Valéry
Writing

Jean Giraudoux

Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

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