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World Wars The Big Red One

The Big Red One

Film · 1980

Original languageEnglish

Runtime

GenreDramaWar

Set in1942,1943,1944,1945
Letterboxd average
3.7 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0128Last checked

Directed bySamuel Fuller
38 years
between the events and the release
1942 → 1980

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Event

The largest invasion by sea in human history, D-Day is the popularized name for Operation Neptune, or the Allied invasion of the German-occupied Normandy coast in June 1944. After months of planning, experience gained from previous invasions in Italy and in the Pacific, and extensive preparation efforts, the Allies were successfully able to secure a beachhead from which they were able to push out towards the rest of France, liberating Paris by August 1944 and greatly accelerating the end of the Second World War in Europe.

filed under 1944

Runs throughWestern Front (World War II)8World War II

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Production Information

Written by
Samuel Fuller
Cinematography
Adam Greenberg
Music by
Dana Kaproff
Production country
United States
Budget
$4.5 million
Box office
$7.2 million

Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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