Directed byKen Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton
18 years
between the events and the release
1944 → 1962
between the events and today
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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.
Cornelius Ryan · Romain Gary · James Jones · David Pursall · Jack Seddon
Cinematography
Jean Bourgoin · Walter Wottitz
Music by
Maurice Jarre
Technical advisor
Josef Priller · Lucie Maria Rommel · Günther Blumentritt · Helmuth Lang · Joseph B. Seay · E. C. Peake · Friedrich Ruge · A. J. Hillebrand · Fernand Prevost · Frederick Morgan · Jean Barral · James Gavin · Albert Saby · John Howard · Philippe Kieffer · The Earl of Lovat · Hubert Deschard · Max Pemsel · Werner Pluskat · Roger Bligh · James R. Johnson · Pierre Koenig · Willard L. Bushy
Production country
United States
Budget
$10 million
Box office
$50.1 million
Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.
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