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The Phoney War( 2019)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Éric Caravaca

      Self - Narrator (voice)

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      Bertrand Chamerois

      Self - Narrator (voice)

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      Jean-Marie Fonbonne

      Self - Narrator (voice)

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      Laurent Lederer

      Self - Narrator (voice)

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      Anna Flori-Lamour

      Self - Narrator (voice)

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      Céline Payen

      Self - Narrator (voice)

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      Fernand Bignon

      Self - Photographer (archive footage)

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      Jacqueline Bignon

      Self - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)

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      Maurice Gamelin

      Self - Army General (archive footage)

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      Édouard Daladier

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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      Adolf Hitler

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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      Joseph Goebbels

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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      Walther Lenger

      Self - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)

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      Günther Prien

      Self - U-boat Commander (archive footage)

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      Walther von Brauchitsch

      Self - Army General (archive footage)

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      Fernandel

      Self - Actor (archive footage)

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      Albert Lebrun

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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      King George VI of the United Kingdom

      Self (archive footage)

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      Neville Chamberlain

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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      William Shepherd Morrison

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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      Winston Churchill

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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      Charles de Gaulle

      Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)

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      Benito Mussolini

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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      Hermann Göring

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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      Paul Valéry

      Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

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      Jean Giraudoux

      Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • france
    • england
    • world war ii
    • german occupation of france
    • poland
    • war propaganda
    • food rationing
    • war effort
    • 1940s
    • political repression
    • front-line soldier
    • war documentary
    • phoney war
    • historical documentary