Weekend at Dunkirk (1965)
Director: Henri Verneuil.
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo (Sgt. Maillat), Catherine Spaak (Jeanne), Georges Geret (Pinot), Jean-Pierre Marielle (Father Pierson), Pierre Mondy (Dhery), Marie Dubois (Helene), Francois Perier (Alexandre), Kenneth Haigh (Atkins), Ronald Howard (Robinson).
The Dunkirk story told more from the French perspective. The English forces were given priority in the evacuation and many French soldiers had to wait impatiently on the beaches of Dunkirk for their turn and many never make it out. Glory for the British, horror for the French.
Spaak owns a home on the beach of Dunkirk, but decides to stay and help in the evacuation of the escaping troops. One of the French soldiers (Belmondo) she befriended saves her from rape, but will they make it out when she finally decides to evacuate?
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