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Dunkirk

6.9(77)19582h 14m2

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

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Released
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Language
English
  • sacrifice
  • world war ii
  • evacuation
  • normandy, france
  • based on true story
  • survival
  • dunkirk
  • historical battle
  • invasion of normandy
  • normandy

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical25 Mar 1958
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG20 Mar 1958
    • PhysicalPGDVD8 Jun 2009
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatricale 101 Jan 1959
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU1 Oct 1958
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1231 Oct 1958
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG1 Aug 1958
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatricale 102 Jan 1959

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Dunkirk was released on 20 March 1958.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    6/10/2019

    8/10

    It may be a phoney war to you, but it's not to all the blokes at sea. Never has been. Dunkirk is directed by Leslie Norman and adapted to screenplay by David Divine and W.P. Lipscomb. It stars John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart, Ray Jackson and Robert Hines. Music is by Malcolm Arnold and cinematography by Paul Beeson. "Dunkirk was a great defeat, and a great miracle. It proved, if i…

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    Peter McGinn

    12/9/2021

    8/10

    This is an excellent war movie, especially considering it is from 1958. It has aged well. Today’s war movies are more visually impressive, of course, with the special effects that make it seem like you are witnessing the real thing. This version can’t match all that, but except for setting it up politically with newsreel clips and people discussing the “phony” war, this film shows the personal journey of Dunkirk. The…

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