During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-Day, June 6th, 1944.
Editing
Seamless weaving of 1940s archival footage into fiction.
Cinematography
Grainy black-and-white that erases past and present boundaries.
Direction
Cooper's documentary background brings devastating authenticity.
Director
Stuart Cooper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stuart Cooper discovered the archival footage in a forgotten Ministry of Information vault; much of it had never been screened publicly.
The film was barely released in 1975, then vanished until a 2006 rediscovery made critics call it the greatest British war film nobody saw.
No ratings yet
Reactions from the web
I don’t know if it was the scriptwriter, the director, some producer, or the actor. But someone went through something super traumatic to capture it so well in this film
@iceswallow7717 17
A little masterpiece, amazing movie, awesome pictures and a great dvd from criterion. nice work, thx criterion.
@Traumacode 15
the film was shown on june 6th 2009 on bbc2 . to mark the 65th anniversary of d-day . the final 5 mins of the film with amazing real d-day footage was accompanied by an excellent musical symphonic score that captured the atmosphere perfectly .
@dec222222 7
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
GB
