Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)

Original title

Week-end à Zuydcoote

Directed by

Henri Verneuil

Genre

drama, war

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 157 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, a French soldier tries to survive and find a way off the beach. The film follows him through the chaos and danger of the besieged coastline.

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What happens

Weekend at Dunkirk (French: Week-end à Zuydcoote) is a 1964 French-Italian drama war film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. It is based on the 1949 Prix Goncourt winning novel Week-end at Zuydcoote (French: Week-end à Zuydcoote) by Robert Merle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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