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.
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Julien Maillat
Catherine Spaak
Jeanne
Georges Géret
Pinot
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Pierson
François Périer
Alexandre
Pierre Mondy
Dhéry
Ronald Howard
le capitaine Robinson
Dominique Zardi
le caporal-chef réceptionniste
Marie Dubois
Hélène, la femme d'Atkins
Christian Barbier
Paul
Jean-Paul Roussillon
le gouape
Paul Préboist
le soldat qui boit
Pierre Vernier
un croque-mort
François Guérin
Le lieutenant pressé
Kenneth Haigh
Atkins
Albert Rémy
Virrel
Nigel Stock
Un soldat brûlé
Alan Adair
Unknown
Robert Bazil
Un soldat
Charles Bouillaud
Le rouspéteur
Gérard Darrieu
Un lieutenant
Robert Deslandes
Unknown
Colin Mann
Unknown
Christian Melsen
1st German Parachutist
Michel Barbey
Dr. Claude Cirilli
Marie-France Boyer
Jacqueline
Pierre Collet
Le capitaine Français
Raoul Delfosse
Le soldat annonçant la mort d'Alexandre / Infantryman
Jean-Claude Dubois
Unknown
Bob Lerick
Unknown
Bernard Musson
Un croque-mort
Donald O'Brien
L'officier anglais
Paul Pavel
Unknown
Robert Rollis
Le soldat à bicyclette
Rolph Spath
Un parachutiste allemand / 2nd German Parachutist
Julien Verdier
L'infirmier
Marie-France Mignal
Antoinette
Anthony Stuart
Unknown
Robert Napier
Unknown
René Penetra
Unknown
Eric Sinclair
Unknown
Louis Viret
Le chauffeur du lieutenant
Jacques Ferrière
Unknown
Maurice Auzel
Le soldat dans l'abri
Crew
Henri Verneuil
Director
François Boyer
Adaptation
Robert Merle
Novel, Dialogue
Claude Durand
Editor
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
Pierre Cavassilas
Assistant Director
Raymond Hakim
Producer
Robert Hakim
Producer
Robert Clavel
Production Design
Léon Zay
Costume Design
Jean Zay
Costume Design
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Pierre Charron
Set Decoration
Ralph Baum
Production Manager
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