The Longest Day

original title:
The Longest Day
other titles:
(Der längste Tag)
country / year of production:
USA / 1962
original length:
179 min. , color
premiere:
F: September 1962
genre:
adventure
based on:
Cornelius Ryan. The Longest Day: June 6, 1944.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
director:
Ken Annakin , Andrew Marton , Gerd Oswald , Bernhard Wicki
film script:
Romain Gary , James Jones (I) , David Pursall , Cornelius Ryan , Jack Seddon
producer:
Darryl F. Zanuck
cinematographer:
Jean Bourgoin , Pierre Levent , Henri Persin , Walter Wottitz
editor:
Samuel E. Beetley
composer:
Paul Anka , Maurice Jarre
cast (role):
John Wayne (Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort) , Robert Mitchum (Brigadier General Norman Cota) , Henry Fonda (Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr.) , Robert Ryan (Brigadier General James M. Gavin) , Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd (Major John Howard) , John Wayne , Robert Mitchum , Henry Fonda , Robert Ryan , Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd
more:
Richard Burton (Flight Officer David Campbell) , Rod Steiger (Destroyer Commander) , Robert Wagner (United States Army Ranger) , Mel Ferrer (Major General Robert Haines) , Jeffrey Hunter (Sergeant John H. Fuller ) , Richard Burton , Robert Wagner , Mel Ferrer , Jeffrey Hunter , Rod Steiger
plot synopsis:
A gigantic, detailed reconstruction of the D-Day, including a cast of more than 40 Hollywood stars. To underline the film`s claim for authenticity each actor speaks in his origonal language and wherever the scenes were taken at the original locations.
keywords:
D-Day , invasion , siege , authenticity , airborne operation
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Won an "Oscar" and a "Golden Globe" for Best Cinematography in 1963.
availability:
VHS, DVD