The Phoney War
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.
Cast
Maurice Gamelin
Self - Army General (archive footage)
Édouard Daladier
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Éric Caravaca
Self - Narrator (voice)
Fernand Bignon
Self - Photographer (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Walther von Brauchitsch
Self - Army General (archive footage)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Bertrand Chamerois
Self - Narrator (voice)
Anna Flori-Lamour
Self - Narrator (voice)
Fernandel
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Paul Valéry
Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)
Albert Lebrun
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Neville Chamberlain
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jean-Marie Fonbonne
Self - Narrator (voice)