Directed by:
Henri VerneuilScreenplay:
François BoyerCinematography:
Henri DecaëComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Pierre Mondy, Albert Rémy, Marie Dubois, François Périer, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Paul Pavel (more)Plots(1)
June 1940. On the beaches of Dunkerque which have been mercilessly shelled by German bombardments, thousands of French and English soldiers are waiting to depart for England. Julien abandons his three friends to attempt to embark at Bray-Dunes with the English aboard a freighter. He manages by the skin of his teeth to escape from the ship as it bursts into flames and has to swim to the shore. He finds Jeanne, and kills two soldiers who were trying to rape her. Later, when they decide to flee together, Julien is killed in a bomb attack. (Cannes Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Christian Barbier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064353_a2f619.jpg)
Christian Barbier
France
Best movies:
The Violent People (1970)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Mother (1991)
![François Guérin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/019/158019396_69e7e1.jpg)
François Guérin
France
Best movies:
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus (1960)
![Ronald Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/464/158464084_491967.jpg)
Ronald Howard
UK
Best movies:
The Browning Version (1951)
Murder She Said (1961)
Come September (1961)
![Donald O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634379_732ffd.jpg)
Donald O'Brien
France
Best movies:
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Grand Prix (1966)
The Train (1964)
![Julien Verdier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/990/160990894_d392ed.jpg)
Julien Verdier
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
L'Appel du destin (1953)
Alan Adair
UK
Best movies:
The Silent One (1973)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
![Kenneth Haigh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/869/160869957_0e0fb2.gif)
Kenneth Haigh
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Cleopatra (1963)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Nigel Stock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/382/161382440_6ab49c.jpg)
Nigel Stock
Malta
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Password is Courage (1962)
Never Let Go (1960)
Louis Viret
France
Best movies:
Charade (1963)
The Sucker (1965)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Anthony Stuart
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Charade (1963)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Marie-France Boyer
France
Best movies:
Le Bonheur (1965)
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)