
The Longest Day
Het is 19 mei 1944 en men is bezig met de voorbereiding voor D-Day. De Engelsen trainen hard voor het begin van de bevrijding. Uit allerlei landen sluiten soldaten zich aan bij de Engelsen om op 6 juni 1944 op de stranden van Normandië te landen...
Regisseur Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
Trailer
Cast

Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan

Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele

Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)

Michel Duchaussoy
Minor Role (uncredited)

Mark Damon
Pvt. Harris (uncredited)

Bourvil
Mayor of Colleville

Joe Warfield
US Army Medic (uncredited)

Gert Fröbe
Sgt. Kaffekanne

Leo Genn
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.

Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel

Ernst Schröder
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)

Dietmar Schönherr
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)

John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Curd Jürgens
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt

Sal Mineo
Pvt. Martini

Madeleine Renaud
Mother Superior

Peter van Eyck
Lt. Col. Ocker

Clément Harari
Minor Role (uncredited)

Tony Mordente
Cook (uncredited)

Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)

John Crawford
Col. Caffey (uncredited)

Bernard Fox
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)

Harry Landis
British Soldier (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)

Jeffrey Hunter
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller

Robert Freitag
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)

Maurice Poli
Jean (uncredited)

Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller (uncredited)

Loriot
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)

Geoffrey Bayldon
Officer at Eisenhower Briefing (uncredited)

Lucien Camiret
Bit Part (uncredited)

Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson

Irina Demick
Janine Boitard

Werner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Richard Todd
Maj. John Howard

Harry Fowler
British Paratrooper (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
British Soldier (uncredited)

Jack Hedley
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)

Donald Houston
RAF Pilot

Edmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. Barton

Colin Drake
Zanuck (uncredited)

Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger

Steve Forrest
Capt. Harding

Alexander Knox
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith

Rod Steiger
Destroyer Commander

Howard Marion-Crawford
Glider Doctor (uncredited)

Kenneth More
Capt. Colin Maud

Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Tom Tryon
Lt. Wilson

Richard Wattis
British Paratrooper

Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)

Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)

Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)

Neil McCallum
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)

Heinz Reincke
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)

Patrick Jordan
Lt. Richard Todd (uncredited)

Rudy Lenoir
German Soldier (uncredited)

John Gregson
British Padre

Ron Randell
Joe Williams

Robert Wagner
U.S. Army Ranger

Stuart Whitman
Lt. Sheen

Yvan Chiffre
Paratrooper (uncredited)

Karl John
Gen. Wolfgang Häger

Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Morris

Richard Dawson
British Soldier (uncredited)

Jean Champion
French Resistance Fighter (uncredited)

Eugene Deckers
German Soldier (uncredited)

John Meillon
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)

Hartmut Reck
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)

Trevor Reid
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)

Alice Tissot
Housekeeper (uncredited)

Georges Wilson
Alexandre Renaud

Siân Phillips
WRNS Officer (uncredited)

Bryan Coleman
Ronald Callen (uncredited)

Al Mulock
Bit Part (uncredited)

Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Gil Delamare
French Commando (uncredited)

Walter Gotell
German Soldier (uncredited)

Victor Maddern
Camp Cook (uncredited)

Ray Danton
Capt. Frank

Christian Marquand
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader

Kurt Meisel
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)

Peter Helm
Young GI

Georges Rivière
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur

Jean Servais
RAdm. Janjard

Armin Dahlen
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)

Edward Meeks
US Army Soldier Talking to Gen. Cota (uncredited)

Frank Finlay
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)

Gary Collins
Officer on Bridge Behind Destroyer Commander (uncredited)

Mickey Knox
US Airman with Bandaged Eye (uncredited)

Hans Söhnker
German Officer (uncredited)

Paul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt

Richard Münch
Gen. Erich Marcks

Tommy Sands
U.S. Army Ranger

Wolfgang Lukschy
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)

Bill Nagy
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)

Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)

Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

Arletty
Madame Barrault

Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz

Fernand Ledoux
Louis

John Phillips
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)

Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat

Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland

Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat

Norman Rossington
Pvt. Clough

Richard Burton
Flight Officer David Campbell

Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac

Patrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)

Michel Tureau
French Commando (uncredited)

Yves Barsacq
Man at Resistance HQ (uncredited)

Dewey Martin
Sgt. Wilder

Michael Medwin
Pvt. Watney

Marcel Rouzé
Minor Role (uncredited)

Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger

George Segal
U.S. Army Ranger

Til Kiwe
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)

John Robinson
Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay (uncredited)

Lionel Vitrant
First Landed Paratrooper in Garden (uncredited)

Bernard Fresson
French Commando (uncredited)

Guy Marchand
Parachutist (uncredited)