The Phoney War
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.
Rating
8.0/10
3 votes
Runtime
92 min
Theatrical cut
Released
2019
Released
Language
FR
Drôle de guerre
Cast
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)
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