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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.

Frasi

Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader: You have [...] D
[Coded radio message to the French Resistance] Ra [...] D
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller: [speaking in German] Th [...] D
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt: This is madness. [...] D
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.: As best I can f [...] D
Lord Lovat: Most of you have had your feet wet bef [...] D
Mayor of Colleville: [meeting the British on the b [...] D
Brigadier General Norman Cota: I say go. Go. Weath [...] D
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise: Has there been a lin [...] D
Lt. Col. Ocker: [Pluskat, inside a bunker, has jus [...] D
Pvt. Dutch Schultz: Is it bad? Flight Officer Dav [...] D
Maj. Werner Pluskat: [on the phone again] You know [...] D
Brigadier General Norman Cota: Well, Tom? Col. Th [...] D
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort: We're 11 [...] D
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort: Your assi [...] D
Gen. Hans von Salmuth: You know, I'm too old a bun [...] D
Col. Thompson: Next stop: Normandy. Brigadier Gen [...] D
RAF pilot at flight base: [talking about the invas [...] D
Major General Gunther Blumentritt: [in German] Thi [...] D
[Millen plays the bagpipes as British troops march [...] D
U.S. Army Ranger: It's Empty U.S. Army Ranger: Th [...] D
Father Louis Roulland: In this darkest hour, in th [...] D
Capt. Colin Maud: [pointing] The war's over there! D
Pvt. Harris: Man, that stinks. Diesel oil, backed- [...] D
[upon landing on beach] Private Flanagan: Come on [...] D
Capt. Colin Maud: [walking up to a stalled vehicle [...] D
[repeated line] Radio Announcer: London calling.. [...] D
Louis: Take a look at that! What a handsome sight. [...] D
RAF pilot at flight base: Poor old Johnny. Bad luc [...] D
Madame Barrault: I was on my way to the little hou [...] D
Flight Officer David Campbell: Give me a cigarette [...] D
Brigadier General Norman Cota: I don't have to tel [...] D
Maj. Werner Pluskat: [on the phone] It's the invas [...] D
[a coded message to the Resistance, spoken in Fren [...] D
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort: I don't t [...] D
RAdm. Janjard: Soon we shall be engaged in battle. [...] D
Pvt. Dutch Schultz: Getting on toward night. You k [...] D
Pvt. Martini: I think I sneak over there and give [...] D
Flight Officer David Campbell: The thing that's al [...] D
Flight Officer David Campbell: He's dead. I'm crip [...] D
Private John Steele: I can't hear you. It's them b [...] D
Private John Steele: Bonjour, mademoiselle. Je sui [...] D
Brigadier General Norman Cota: I need you to blow [...] D
Pvt. Morris: June. Every June my old man used to t [...] D
Destroyer Commander: You remember it. Remember eve [...] D
[a coded message to the Resistance, spoken in Fren [...] D
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin: And remember this... Wh [...] D
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort: Are you p [...] D
Maj. John Howard: [charging the Orne River Bridge] [...] D
[On whether to commence the Normandy invasion in m [...] D
[Last Lines] Brigadier General Norman Cota: Okay, [...] D
[to his generals, observing the English Channel] [...] D
Private John Steele: Old man sure has changed sinc [...] D
[Blumentritt has just gotten off the phone with Ge [...] D