Documentary ·War ·Drama ·History · 1964 · 1h 26m

The Battle of France

La Bataille de France

The Battle of France poster

Director

Cast

Eduard Benes as Self Georges Bonnet as Self Neville Chamberlain as Self (archive footage) Winston Churchill as Self Galeazzo Ciano as Self (archive footage) Édouard Daladier as Self

Crew

Jacques Laurent — Writer

Synopsis

A montage of newscasts tracing the events of the "damned war" and the German invasion of 1940.

Mood & Themes

future war newsreel footage agreement newsreel european history pre-war political crisis diplomatic crisis war documentary phoney war historical documentary historical events

Key Collaborators

Jean Aurel Director Jacques Laurent Writer

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