The Battle of France

La Bataille de France (1964)

86 minDocumentaryWarDramaHistory

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Translated title: The Battle of France

A montage of newscasts tracing the events of the "damned war" and the German invasion of 1940.

Director: Jean Aurel

Cast

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Eduard Benes

Self

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Georges Bonnet

Self

Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self

Galeazzo Ciano

Galeazzo Ciano

Self (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier

Édouard Daladier

Self

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1st Earl of Halifax Edward Wood

Self

Maurice Gamelin

Maurice Gamelin

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

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Franz Halder

Self

Konrad Henlein

Konrad Henlein

Self (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Himmler

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

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Alfred Jodl

Self

Keywords

Plot:future warnewsreel footageagreementnewsreeleuropean historypre-warpolitical crisisdiplomatic crisiswar documentaryphoney warhistorical documentaryhistorical events