The Phoney War

1h 32m

History Documentary War TV Movie

8

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.

Cast

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)

Self - Narrator (voice)

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)

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Self - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)

Self - U-boat Commander (archive footage)

Walther von Brauchitsch

Self - Army General (archive footage)

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Self - Politician (archive footage)

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain

Self - Politician (archive footage)

William Shepherd Morrison

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

Crew

Director, Writer

Guillermo Fernandez

Producer, Production Director, Idea

Claire-Anne Largeron

Georges Lafitte

Sound Mixer, Sound Recordist

Alice Guerlot Kourouklis

Original Music Composer

Jérôme Letué

Graphic Designer