

"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.
Julien Maillat

Jeanne

Pinot

Pierson

Alexandre

Dhéry

le capitaine Robinson

le caporal-chef réceptionniste

Hélène, la femme d'Atkins

Paul

le gouape

le soldat qui boit

un croque-mort

Le lieutenant pressé

Atkins

Virrel

Un soldat brûlé

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Un soldat

Le rouspéteur

Un lieutenant

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1st German Parachutist
Dr. Claude Cirilli

Jacqueline

Le capitaine Français

Le soldat annonçant la mort d'Alexandre / Infantryman

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Un croque-mort

L'officier anglais

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Le soldat à bicyclette

Un parachutiste allemand / 2nd German Parachutist
L'infirmier

Antoinette

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Le chauffeur du lieutenant

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Le soldat dans l'abri
