The Phoney War

  • History
  • Documentary
  • War
  • TV Movie
8/27/2019
92

Storyline

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.

Director:
Cédric Gruat
Writer:
Cédric Gruat
    • france
    • england
    • world war ii
    • german occupation of france
    • poland
    • war propaganda
    • food rationing
    • war effort
    • 1940s
    • political repression
    • front-line soldier
    • war documentary
    • phoney war
    • historical documentary

    Cast

    • Éric Caravaca
      Self - Narrator (voice)
    • Bertrand Chamerois
      Self - Narrator (voice)
    • Jean-Marie Fonbonne
      Self - Narrator (voice)
    • Laurent Lederer
      Self - Narrator (voice)
    • Anna Flori-Lamour
      Self - Narrator (voice)
    • Céline Payen
      Self - Narrator (voice)
    • Fernand Bignon
      Self - Photographer (archive footage)
    • Jacqueline Bignon
      Self - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)
    • Maurice Gamelin
      Self - Army General (archive footage)
    • Édouard Daladier
      Self - Politician (archive footage)
    • Adolf Hitler
      Self - Politician (archive footage)
    • Joseph Goebbels
      Self - Politician (archive footage)
    • Walther Lenger
      Self - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)
    • Günther Prien
      Self - U-boat Commander (archive footage)
    • Walther von Brauchitsch
      Self - Army General (archive footage)
    • Fernandel
      Self - Actor (archive footage)

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