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Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee. The film is based on the novels The Big Pick-Up by Elleston Trevor and Dunkirk co-authored by Lt Col Ewan Butler and Major J. S. Bradford.
Dunkirk: Directed by Leslie Norman. With John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart. A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Leslie Norman
- 1958-09-10
Apr 10, 2010 · Witness the epic story of the 1958 film Dunkirk, based on the true events of the World War II evacuation. Watch the trailer and learn more about the history and the cast of this classic war drama.
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54. 8K views 4 years ago. One of the most authentic cinematic representations of World War II, DUNKIRK recounts the dramatic events of Operation Dynamo, the Royal Navy’s evacuation of over...
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- It was Ealing’s last war film. Having made propaganda shorts for the Ministry of Information, producer Michael Balcon established his own shorts unit, and Alberto Cavalcanti’s Young Veteran (1940) shaped the docu-realist style that would characterise Ealing’s war films.
- The drama is rooted in documentary realism. Avoiding the patriotic triumphalism that had clouded many accounts of wartime derring-do, Balcon stuck to the trusted Ealing formula that had served him so well in The Cruel Sea (1953).
- Sound and image combine to devastating effect. Many in the audience in 1958 would have lived through the war, and the sound of Luftwaffe raids would have been all-too familiar.
- No gung-ho heroics, just credible characterisation. David Divine and W.P. Lipscomb’s screenplay was adapted from two novels: Elleston Trevor’s The Big Pick-up and Dunkirk by BEF veterans Lieutenant Colonel Ewan Butler and Major J. Selby Bradford.
The story of the famous evacuation of British forces from the beaches of Dunkirk in May and June 1940. Seen through the eyes of a squad of infantrymen, and their leader, Corporal Binns, in particular, as well as civilians who helped evacuate the soldiers.
60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 72% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A group of soldiers lead by Corporal "Tubby" Bins (John Mills), stranded in France, must make their way to the shores of Dunkirk in...
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