The Phoney War

The Phoney War

92 mins | Documentary, War, History | Aug. 27, 2019

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.

The Phoney War

92 mins | Documentary, War, History | Aug. 27, 2019

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.
Producers ARTE, Ethan Productions, ECPAD, Toute L'Historie
Original title Drôle de guerre
Directors Cédric Gruat
Writers Marc Silvera, Cédric Gruat

Cast

Éric Caravaca

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Bertrand Chamerois

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Jean-Marie Fonbonne

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Laurent Lederer

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Céline Payen

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Fernand Bignon

as Self - Photographer (archive footage)

Jacqueline Bignon

as Self - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)

Maurice Gamelin

as Self - Army General (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Walther Lenger

as Self - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)

Günther Prien

as Self - U-boat Commander (archive footage)

Walther von Brauchitsch

as Self - Army General (archive footage)

Fernandel

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Albert Lebrun

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

King George VI of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

William Shepherd Morrison

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

as Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Paul Valéry

as Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

Jean Giraudoux

as Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)