The Phoney War (2019)

8.0/10 92 min History Documentary War TV Movie

Overview

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

Éric Caravaca

Self - Narrator (voice)

Bertrand Chamerois

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jean-Marie Fonbonne

Self - Narrator (voice)

Anna Flori-Lamour

Self - Narrator (voice)

Fernand Bignon

Self - Photographer (archive footage)

Maurice Gamelin

Self - Army General (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Fernandel

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Albert Lebrun

Self - Politician (archive footage)

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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