The Longest Day
THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!
1962 • 178 min • War · Action · Drama
Synopsis
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Our family guide
Best from age 10- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 76 Audience · 1044 · 49%
This epic historical drama recreates the pivotal D-Day landings of World War II from multiple perspectives. It meticulously details the massive military operation, showcasing the bravery and immense challenges faced by soldiers on both sides during the largest amphibious invasion in history.
- Violence & peril
- 5/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Realistic war violence
- Peril and intense combat scenes
What it models well
- Courage and sacrifice
- Historical understanding
- Teamwork and strategy
Talk about it after
- The human cost of war
- Different perspectives on conflict
- The significance of historical events
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Top billed cast
Director: Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton • Crew: Cornelius Ryan, David Pursall, Romain Gary, James Jones, Jack Seddon
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Flight Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Trailers & clips
John Landis on THE LONGEST DAY
The Longest Day trailer
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersJohn Wayne may have featured just slightly more than anyone else in this drama, but it's very much an ensemble effort that delivers a film with a great deal of authenticity to it. It's all set around the day of the D-Day landings in 1944. The weather on England's south coast was, in the words of their meteorologist, "akin to mid-winter".…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersFor the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day. The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view. The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French gets an all star production.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.6/10 (1,044)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $50,100,000
- IMDb
- tt0056197
