The Phoney War
8.0
4 votes
2019
1h 32m
History
Documentary
War
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.
Directed by Cédric Gruat
Top cast
Éric Caravaca
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bertrand Chamerois
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jean-Marie Fonbonne
Self - Narrator (voice)L
Laurent Lederer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Anna Flori-Lamour
Self - Narrator (voice)C
Céline Payen
Self - Narrator (voice)
Fernand Bignon
Self - Photographer (archive footage)J
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)W
Walther Lenger
Self - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)G
Günther Prien
Self - U-boat Commander (archive footage)
Walther von Brauchitsch
Self - Army General (archive footage)
Fernandel
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Albert Lebrun
Self - Politician (archive footage)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Neville Chamberlain
Self - Politician (archive footage)W
William Shepherd Morrison
Self - Politician (archive footage)Details
Status
Released
Release date
August 27, 2019
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English, French, German
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