Il giorno più lungo

Titolo originale: The Longest Day
Regia: Ken Annakin | Bernhard Wicki | Andrew Marton |
Anno: 1962
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Guerra Azione Dramma
Tag: steel helmet | resistance | allies | world war ii | normandy, france | based on true story | d-day | historical fiction | soldier | dramatic | commanding |
Cast: John Wayne | Robert Mitchum | Henry Fonda | Richard Burton | Sean Connery | Leslie Phillips | Robert Ryan | Paul Anka | Wolfgang Büttner | Mel Ferrer | Ray Danton | Peter Lawford | Eddie Albert | Arletty | Jean-Louis Barrault | Richard Beymer | Hans Christian Blech | Bourvil | Red Buttons | Pauline Carton | Irina Demick | Fred Dur | Fabian | Steve Forrest | Gert Fröbe | Leo Genn | John Gregson | Paul Hartmann | Peter Helm | Werner Hinz | Donald Houston | Jeffrey Hunter | Karl John | Curd Jürgens | Alexander Knox | Fernand Ledoux | Christian Marquand | Dewey Martin | Roddy McDowall | Michael Medwin | Sal Mineo | Kenneth More | Richard Münch | Edmond O'Brien | Wolfgang Preiss | Ron Randell | Madeleine Renaud | Georges Rivière | Norman Rossington | Tommy Sands | George Segal | Jean Servais | Rod Steiger | Richard Todd | Tom Tryon | Peter van Eyck | Robert Wagner | Richard Wattis | Stuart Whitman | Georges Wilson | Patrick Barr | Lyndon Brook | John Crawford | Armin Dahlen | Mark Damon | Richard Dawson | Eugene Deckers | Gil Delamare | Frank Finlay | Harry Fowler | Bernard Fox | Robert Freitag | Bernard Fresson | Lutz Gabor | Arnold Gelderman | Harold Goodwin | Walter Gotell | Henry Grace | Clément Harari | Ruth Hausmeister | Jack Hedley | Michael Hinz | Walter Horsbrugh | Til Kiwe | Harry Landis | Wolfgang Lukschy | Victor Maddern | Howard Marion-Crawford | Neil McCallum | John Meillon | Kurt Meisel | Gérard Moisan | Tony Mordente | Bill Nagy | Rainer Penkert | Malte Petzel | John Phillips | Siân Phillips | Maurice Poli | Hartmut Reck | Trevor Reid | Heinz Reincke | Alexandre Renaud | Paul Edwin Roth | Ernst Schröder | Dietmar Schönherr | Heinz Spitzner | Nicholas Stuart | Hans Söhnker | Alice Tissot | Michel Tureau | Roland Urban | Vicco von Bülow | Joe Warfield | Dominique Zardi |

Il 6 giugno 1944 fu il D-Day, il giorno dello sbarco angloamericano in Normandia che colse di sorpresa l'agguerrita Wehrmacht della Germania nazista. Varie fasi dell'impresa: l'occupazione di Saint-Mére Eglise e l'avanzata sulla spiaggia. Colossal di propaganda bellica (3 registi, 44 attori di varia nazionalità, tutti di buon nome) il cui vero autore è il produttore D.F. Zanuck. Fragore, spettacolo e almeno due o tre sequenze da ricordare. Oscar per la fotografia in cinemascope e bianconero e per gli effetti speciali. Basato su un libro di Cornelius Ryan, che collaborò alla sceneggiatura con Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursale, Jack Seddam.

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According to Cornelius Ryan's book, far from being deafened by the church bell, John Steele said tha [...] D
The landing craft being used in the assault are from the USS Fremont (APA-44). The Fremont was in th [...] D
After Sgt John Fuller (Jeffrey Hunter) plants the two Bangalore torpedo tubes in the sand beneath co [...] D
When Lovat"s commandos land, the piper is playing "Black Bear"; however, when we see the piper he is [...] D
At around 1:31:30, a paratrooper is shown landing in a fenced area, with two Germans running in oppo [...] D
Early on, three German officers are talking with the coastline as a backdrop. One of them moves from [...] D
German Gen. Max Pemsel says, "Wir haben starke RADAR-störungen" ("We have strong radar interferen [...] D
The image is flopped for one of the ships shown at the start of the naval bombardment (third close-u [...] D
When the French commando unit's CO Philippe Keiffer goes to get a tank he jumps out a window and is [...] D
When Gen. Cota meets up with Gen. Thompson on the beach, he holds his cigar in his hand. After Cota [...] D
The currency notes in Schultz's winnings are of later issue than was in circulation in 1944. D
The two German "fighters" seen outside the airfield office are Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifuns, which, [...] D
When Pvt. Martini (Sal Mineo) is shot, the German soldier fires two shots in quick succession, far t [...] D
The American paratroopers are incorrectly shown jumping with a jumpmaster standing in the plane and [...] D
After the invasion begins, exterior closeup shots of an airplane dropping a canister shows it covere [...] D
The German War Ensign flying outside Rommel's HQ does not have the Iron Cross in the upper left quad [...] D
When the German officers are discussing the "Ruperts", "Gummisoldaten" is initially shown correctly [...] D
During the sequence where the dummies were being dropped and the Germans were firing upon the aircra [...] D
When the ships are about to begin bombarding the beaches you see a group of planes fly by the camera [...] D
Richard Beymer's character spreads his dice winnings on his lower bunk on the ship. He opens a lette [...] D
During the British glider assault on the bridge, the same glider lands three times. D
In the early scene between Generals Gavin and Cota, the sentry pacing in the rain outside the Quonse [...] D
Gen. Gavin is wearing a Senior Parachutist badge in 1944.The Parachutist Badge was formally approved [...] D
There is an error in translation when several German generals are playing cards and are informed tha [...] D
When the ships begin shelling the beaches and Major Pluskat ducks in the bunker, a very obviously fa [...] D
When the coded radio messages are read out in French, the awaited second line of the poem by Paul Ve [...] D
David Campbell (Richard Burton) is referred to in the explanatory text as "Flight Officer". He is ac [...] D
Kenneth More, playing beach master Commander Maud, wears four stripes of a captain rather than three [...] D
Although Vandervoort and Steele are shown wearing "jump" boots, as befitted their status as paratroo [...] D
A compound fracture of the ankle indicates blood and/or protruding bones, of which Vandervoort's ank [...] D
When Pvt. Schultz is lost and finds fellow soldiers across the wall from him, he crosses the wall by [...] D
During a very early scene in France, the back end of a Citroen 2CV can be seen parked at the side of [...] D
When the second line of the Paul Verlaine poem is said ("Blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone" [...] D
When Stuart Whitman discovers Red Buttons, neither of their Thompsons are cocked/ready to shoot. The [...] D
When Lord Lovat goes ashore he calls for his piper to play "Blue Bonnet" what the piper actually pla [...] D
The landing craft being used in the assault are from the U.S.S. Fremont (APA-44). The Fremont was in [...] D
There is a scene in which airplanes strafe a German column. Rounds are still shown hitting the groun [...] D
During the meeting with Lt. Col. Vandervoort, Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin is wearing branch insignia f [...] D
Before Oberstleutnant Priller and Unteroffizer Wodarczyk attack the Allies there is some stock foota [...] D
When the paratroopers are preparing to load up they are given new rifles as we see them opening the [...] D
Red Buttons character is deafened by the bells , yet he hears Stuart Whitmans character from across [...] D
Most of the Americans armed with Thompson submachine guns are wearing M1 rifle clip ammo belts inste [...] D
Flying officer David Campbell (Richard Burton) is wearing two medal ribbons of the DFC, they are bot [...] D
Features LCM-8s, which weren't built until 1954. D
During the go/no go sequence, a jet can be heard flying overhead as the naval representative is spea [...] D
At the start of the film, a Frenchman with a briefcase is overtaken by a German staff car and shot i [...] D
Near the beginning of the movie Rommel is talking about how he will end the invasion right at the wa [...] D
Robert Ryan and John Wayne--both in their mid-50s when the movie was made--were (and looked) some 20 [...] D
During the shelling at the beginning of the invasion the French farmer's mirror breaks and its posit [...] D
When German Maj. Werner Pluskat is in his bunker looking out to sea to try to spot the invasion forc [...] D
During the glider landing the plane banks and descends but the artificial horizon indicator in the c [...] D
All vehicles to be used in the invasion had invasion stars, which is a star in an intermittent circl [...] D
When we first see Gen. Norman Cota (Robert Mitchum), he is talking to a subordinate who is holding a [...] D
When the French first attack the casino there is barbed wire, but when they run from the hotel to th [...] D
During some of the scenes they show U.S. paratroopers bailing out of British "Lancaster" bombers. Th [...] D
When FO David Campbell is sitting, drinking a beer, we see someone standing and playing the piano in [...] D
When Major Pluskat looks out of his bedroom window and reports a flare as being "a long way up the c [...] D
The real Ouistreham casino had been destroyed and replaced by a German bunker before the D-Day landi [...] D
Gen. Gavin is seen wearing infantry insignia on the lower lapels of his jacket. Generals do not wear [...] D
During the final scenes of the movie, when an American general is taken up "Omaha" Beach, it's actua [...] D
The M1 carbines carried by Allied troops and by Resistance members are post-war manufacture, as show [...] D
At the beginning of the film and again when the bombardment takes place prior to the invasion, the F [...] D
When the two men are on the rocking boat in the beginning, the straps on their helmets remain at a 9 [...] D
In the opening scene where they are chasing the man down, you can clearly see the tire tracks being [...] D
During the beginning of the invasion, Col. Thompson (Eddie Albert) is seen running up the beach with [...] D
Just As Lt. Col. Vandervoort was using his compass to tell his men that St. Mere Eglise Is North by [...] D
At the end of the movie the camera shows the invaded beach, and we see two vehicle (a truck and a ta [...] D
During the cliff-scaling sequence, when the US Rangers use grenades to kill German troops at a cliff [...] D
When Henry Fonda (Gen. Theo Roosevelt) leaves Edmond O'Brien's (Gen. Ray Barton) sea cabin and enter [...] D
The first time we encounter Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (Werner Hinz) he is at the French coast line, [...] D
At the beginning of the movie when the German sergeant is taking coffee to the beach gunners, we see [...] D
The pile of currency won by Dutch Schultz, totaling $2500, was mostly made up of $1s, $5s, $10s and [...] D
The British pathfinders land on the HQ of Gen. Von Salmuth, commander of the 15th Army. However, the [...] D
Colin Maud and his English bulldog "Winston" are shown spurring "British" soldiers into advancing up [...] D
One scene, just prior to the invasion, Lt. Col. Vandervoort (John Wayne) demonstrates to men of his [...] D
When Lt. Col. Vandervoort uses his flashlight to illuminate his map (while having his broken ankle t [...] D
When the two German sentries have stopped and questioned and checked the identity papers of the Fren [...] D
Caption reads 352 Artillerie Division. The 352 was an Infanterie Division. D
There's a typo on the caption introducing Gen. Pemsel. It says "Befehlssab 7. Armee" where has to be [...] D
After Gen. Cota (Robert Mitchum) yells "Get off the beach! Let's go!" and leads the soldiers up Omah [...] D
One POV scene is of a German plane strafing the beach. With so much artillery fire flying through th [...] D
The "Rupert" paratrooper dummies dropped on D-Day were not the highly elaborate and lifelike rubber [...] D
When Maj. Pluskat arrives at the bunker just prior to the invasion, his dog jumps out of the back se [...] D
When Sal Mineo is shot dead by a German soldier, we hear two shots, but we only hear the bolt-action [...] D
In the sequence where the French attack a town, the Germans were using a 2.0 cm Oerlikon gun, which [...] D
When Col. Vandervoort (John Wayne) and Gen. Gavin (Robert Ryan) discuss the airborne landings, there [...] D
When the troops are crossing the channel, a harmonica player is playing the movie theme, but when th [...] D
In the film, the helmets worn by the 2nd Rangers at Pointe-du-Hoc have no markings. In reality, Rang [...] D
Josef 'Pips' Priller and his wingman flew their pass over the Normandy beaches from east, starting w [...] D
During the first few minutes of the movie showing various 'camps' in England during the gale that sh [...] D
After scaling the cliffs there is a scene where three soldiers run past a German who throws a grenad [...] D
When Lord Lovat leads his men to Pegasus Bridge, he can clearly be seen holding a Mannlicher Schoena [...] D
Josef "Pips" Priller did all of his service on the Western Front, and as of 6/5/44 his score stood a [...] D
In the scene where Brig. Gen. Teddy Roosevelt, Jr. (Henry Fonda) lands at Utah Beach he can be clear [...] D
Leo Genn is cast as a brigadier general when it should be just brigadier which is the British name f [...] D
There are many photographs showing Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort with a cast on his left ankle. In t [...] D