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The Phoney War

Directed by Cédric Gruat
2019    1h 32m
Documentary, History, War,
7.4
September 3, 1939: As Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, the world holds its breath. This marks the start of the Phoney War—an eight-month limbo of false calm, hidden tensions, and frantic preparations as nations brace for chaos.
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Cast of The Phoney War
  • Éric CaravacaSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Bertrand ChameroisSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Jean-Marie FonbonneSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Laurent LedererSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Anna Flori-LamourSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Céline PayenSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Fernand BignonSelf - Photographer (archive footage)
  • Jacqueline BignonSelf - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)
  • Maurice GamelinSelf - Army General (archive footage)
  • Édouard DaladierSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Adolf HitlerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Joseph GoebbelsSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Walther LengerSelf - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)
  • Günther PrienSelf - U-boat Commander (archive footage)
  • Walther von BrauchitschSelf - Army General (archive footage)
  • FernandelSelf - Actor (archive footage)
  • Albert LebrunSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • King George VI of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)
  • Neville ChamberlainSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • William Shepherd MorrisonSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Winston ChurchillSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Charles de GaulleSelf - Army Colonel (archive footage)
  • Benito MussoliniSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Hermann GöringSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Paul ValérySelf - Writer (voice) (archive footage)
  • Jean GiraudouxSelf - Writer (voice) (archive footage)
 
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