The Longest Day

7.6

United States Of America

War Action Drama

178 min

1962

Henry Fonda John Wayne Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Eddie Albert Paul Anka Arletty Jean-Louis Barrault Richard Beymer Hans Christian Blech Bourvil Richard Burton Wolfgang Büttner Red Buttons Pauline Carton Sean Connery Ray Danton Irina Demick Fabian Mel Ferrer Steve Forrest Gert Fröbe Leo Genn John Gregson Paul Hartmann Peter Helm Werner Hinz Donald Houston Jeffrey Hunter Karl John Curd Jürgens Alexander Knox Peter Lawford Fernand Ledoux Christian Marquand Dewey Martin Roddy McDowall Michael Medwin Sal Mineo Kenneth More Richard Münch Edmond O'Brien Leslie Phillips Wolfgang Preiss Ron Randell Madeleine Renaud Georges Rivière Norman Rossington Tommy Sands George Segal Jean Servais Rod Steiger Richard Todd Tom Tryon Peter van Eyck Robert Wagner Richard Wattis Stuart Whitman Georges Wilson Patrick Barr Lyndon Brook John Crawford Armin Dahlen Mark Damon Richard Dawson Eugene Deckers Gil Delamare Frank Finlay Harry Fowler Bernard Fox Robert Freitag Bernard Fresson Harold Goodwin Walter Gotell Clément Harari Ruth Hausmeister Jack Hedley Til Kiwe Harry Landis Wolfgang Lukschy Victor Maddern Howard Marion-Crawford Neil McCallum John Meillon Kurt Meisel Gérard Moisan Bill Nagy Rainer Penkert John Phillips Siân Phillips Maurice Poli Hartmut Reck Trevor Reid Heinz Reincke Paul Edwin Roth Ernst Schröder Dietmar Schönherr Heinz Spitzner Hans Söhnker Alice Tissot Michel Tureau Vicco von Bülow Dominique Zardi

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"