The Longest Day (1962)

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(59020)

Country: USA
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Release: 1962-10-04
Director: Ken Annakin , Andrew Marton , Bernhard Wicki
Writers: Cornelius Ryan , Romain Gary , James Jones (I) (1921–1977) , David Pursall
Language: English | German | French
Stars: John Wayne , Robert Ryan , Richard Burton , Henry Fonda , Eddie Albert , Paul Anka , Arletty , Jean-Louis Barrault , Richard Beymer , Hans Christian Blech
Runtime: 178 min
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 8 wins & 6 nominations total
AKA: Der längste Tag (Austria) , Najduzi dan , The Longest Day , The D. Day (France, French Republic) , Найдовший день (Ukraine) , Најдужи дан (Serbia) , Der längste Tag (Germany) , The Longest Day (United Arab Emirates) , Najduži dan (Croatia) , Най-дългият ден (Bulgaria) , Le jour le plus long (Canada) , De langste dag (Belgium) , El día más largo del siglo (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , I megaliteri imera tou polemou (Greece) , I pio megali mera tou polemou (Greece) , Ziua cea mai lunga (Romania) , Najdaljši dan (Slovenia) , Le jour le plus long (France, French Republic) , El día más largo del siglo (Argentina) , Nejdelší den (Czech Republic) , The Longest Day (India) , Самый длинный день , Den lengste dagen (Norway) , The Longest Day (Netherlands the) , The Longest Day (United Kingdom) , 碧血長天 (Hong Kong) , El día más largo del siglo (Mexico) , El día más largo (Spain) , 最長的一日 (Taiwan) , The Longest Day (Canada) , Den längsta dagen (Finland) , The Longest Day (United States of America) , Der längste Tag , O Mais Longo dos Dias (Brazil) , A leghosszabb nap (Hungary) , Η πιο μεγάλη μέρα του πολέμου (Greece) , 史上最大の作戦 (Japan) , Den længste dag (Denmark) , Den längsta dagen (Sweden) , Il giorno più lungo (Italy) , Ilgiausia diena (Lithuania) , El día más largo del siglo (Venezuela) , En uzun gün (Turkey) , Atlantin valli murtuu (Finland) , El día más largo del siglo (Peru) , Najdłuższy dzień (Poland) , The Longest Day (Singapore) , O Dia Mais Longo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , El día más largo (Mexico) , Najdlhsí den (Slovakia (Slovak Republic)) , The Longest Day (Australia)
Plot:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich’s Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. “For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day”
IMDB:tt0056197