The Phoney War (2019)

History, Documentary, War, TV Movie1 hour and 32 minutes

80%

User score

Description

September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.

Actors

Éric Caravaca

Self - Narrator (voice)

Bertrand Chamerois

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jean-Marie Fonbonne

Self - Narrator (voice)

Laurent Lederer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Anna Flori-Lamour

Self - Narrator (voice)

Céline Payen

Self - Narrator (voice)

Fernand Bignon

Self - Photographer (archive footage)

Jacqueline Bignon

Self - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)

Maurice Gamelin

Self - Army General (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Walther Lenger

Self - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)

Günther Prien

Self - U-boat Commander (archive footage)

Walther von Brauchitsch

Self - Army General (archive footage)

Fernandel

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Albert Lebrun

Self - Politician (archive footage)

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain

Self - Politician (archive footage)

William Shepherd Morrison

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Status

Released

Original language

French

Budget

—

Revenue

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Keywords

franceenglandworld war iigerman occupation of francepolandwar propagandafood rationingwar effort1940spolitical repressionfront-line soldierwar documentaryphoney warhistorical documentary