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Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The film is based on the novels The Big Pick-Up by Elleston Trevor and Dunkirk co-authored by Lt Col Ewan Butler and Major J. S. Bradford.
Dunkirk: Directed by Leslie Norman. With John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart. A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Leslie Norman
- 1958-09-10
- It was Ealing’s last war film. Having made propaganda shorts for the Ministry of Information, producer Michael Balcon established his own shorts unit, and Alberto Cavalcanti’s Young Veteran (1940) shaped the docu-realist style that would characterise Ealing’s war films.
- The drama is rooted in documentary realism. Avoiding the patriotic triumphalism that had clouded many accounts of wartime derring-do, Balcon stuck to the trusted Ealing formula that had served him so well in The Cruel Sea (1953).
- Sound and image combine to devastating effect. Many in the audience in 1958 would have lived through the war, and the sound of Luftwaffe raids would have been all-too familiar.
- No gung-ho heroics, just credible characterisation. David Divine and W.P. Lipscomb’s screenplay was adapted from two novels: Elleston Trevor’s The Big Pick-up and Dunkirk by BEF veterans Lieutenant Colonel Ewan Butler and Major J. Selby Bradford.
Directed by Leslie Norman (The Long, The Short And The Tall), starring John Mills (Ice Cold In Alex, Goodbye Mr Chips, Great Expectations) Richard Attenborough (Brighton Rock, The Great Escape) and a cast featuring genuine army officers, Dunkirk is one of the most authentic representations of conflict during World War II.
Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee. The film is based on the novels The Big Pick-Up by Elleston Trevor and Dunkirk co-authored by Lt Col Ewan Butler and Major J. S. Bradford.
Apr 15, 2024 · A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed, and must somehow get them back to Britain. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with a scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Starring: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard ...
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One of the most authentic cinematic representations of World War II, DUNKIRK recounts the dramatic events of Operation Dynamo, the Royal Navy’s evacuation of...
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