A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins total
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self - Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force
- (as General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower)
Winston Churchill
- Self
- (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
- Self
- (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
- Self
- (archive footage)
Sam Levene
- Self - Commentator
- (voice)
Bernard L. Montgomery
- Self
- (archive footage)
George S. Patton
- Self
- (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Self
- (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Iosif Stalin)
Richard Attenborough
- Self - Commentator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Paddy Chayefsky
- Commentator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Richard Fallon
- Self
- (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Erwin Rommel
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Garson Kanin(uncredited)
- Carol Reed(uncredited)
- Writers
- Harry Brown(uncredited)
- Paddy Chayefsky(uncredited)
- Frank Harvey(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaAccording to director Capt. Garson Kanin, when the movie won the 1945 Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature, the Oscar went to uncredited producer Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Quotes
Commentator: This is our people's story, in their words.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dai-ni-ji sekai taisen (1954)
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I guess it played a lot better back in 1945...
This film won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature--and according to IMDb, Dwight Eisenhower himself got the trophy! The film is introduced by General Eisenhower himself and Robert Harris narrates. There are also folks who talk throughout the film--giving soldiers' accounts of the events. It chronicles the landing of the Allies at Normandy, France and continues up to the fall of Berlin. According to IMDb, the US and British government had access to the work of 1400 cameramen.
Historically speaking, this is an amazing and important film. However, when seen today by the average person, it's EXTREMELY slow going--with lots of grainy images and VERY dry narration. I would not recommend you see it and instead find a newer and more polished film. Heck, I am a retired history teach and I still found this pretty uninteresting!!
Historically speaking, this is an amazing and important film. However, when seen today by the average person, it's EXTREMELY slow going--with lots of grainy images and VERY dry narration. I would not recommend you see it and instead find a newer and more polished film. Heck, I am a retired history teach and I still found this pretty uninteresting!!
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- planktonrules
- Jan 22, 2012
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- Den stora invasionen
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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