The Longest Day Soap2Day
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”
Genre: Action, Best History, Drama, History, Memorial Day, War
Director: Andrew Marton, Bernard Farrel, Bernhard Wicki, Gérard Renateau, Ken Annakin, Louis Pitzele, Tom Pevsner
Actors: Alexander Knox, Arletty, Armin Dahlen, Arnold Gelderman, Bernard Fox, Bernard Fresson, Bourvil, Christian Marquand, Clément Harari, Curd Jürgens, Dietmar Schönherr, Donald Houston, Eddie Albert, Edmond O'Brien, Ernst Schröder, Fabian, Frank Finlay, Fred Dur, George Segal, Gert Fröbe, Hans Christian Blech, Hans Söhnker, Harold Goodwin, Heinz Reincke, Henry Fonda, Henry Grace, Irina Demick, Jack Hedley, Jean Servais, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jeffrey Hunter, John Gregson, John Wayne, Karl John, Kenneth More, Leo Genn, Leslie Phillips, Lutz Gabor, Madeleine Renaud, Mark Damon, Mel Ferrer, Michael Hinz, Paul Anka, Paul Hartmann, Pauline Carton, Peter Lawford, Peter van Eyck, Ray Danton, Red Buttons, Richard Beymer, Richard Burton, Richard Dawson, Richard Münch, Richard Todd, Robert Freitag, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Robert Wagner, Rod Steiger, Roddy McDowall, Ruth Hausmeister, Sal Mineo, Sean Connery, Steve Forrest, Stuart Whitman, Til Kiwe, Tom Tryon, Vicco von Bülow, Walter Gotell, Werner Hinz, Wolfgang Büttner, Wolfgang Lukschy, Wolfgang Preiss
Country: United States of America
Release Date: 1962-09-25
Duration:
2h 58minRelease: 1962
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 8 wins & 6 nominations total
IMDb: 7.7
TMDB: 7.585
Metacritic: 75/100