The Phoney War backdrop

The Phoney War 2019 Directed by Cédric Gruat Drôle de guerre

September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Languages English , French , German
Production Companies ARTE , Toute L'Histoire , ECPAD , Ethan Productions
Release Date 27 August 2019
92 mins
Cast
Éric Caravaca Self - Narrator (voice)
Bertrand Chamerois Self - Narrator (voice)
Jean-Marie Fonbonne Self - Narrator (voice)
Laurent Lederer Self - Narrator (voice)
Anna Flori-Lamour Self - Narrator (voice)
Céline Payen Self - Narrator (voice)
Fernand Bignon Self - Photographer (archive footage)
Jacqueline Bignon Self - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)
Maurice Gamelin Self - Army General (archive footage)
Édouard Daladier Self - Politician (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels Self - Politician (archive footage)
Walther Lenger Self - Amateur Filmmaker (archive footage)
Günther Prien Self - U-boat Commander (archive footage)
Walther von Brauchitsch Self - Army General (archive footage)
Fernandel Self - Actor (archive footage)
Albert Lebrun Self - Politician (archive footage)
Neville Chamberlain Self - Politician (archive footage)
William Shepherd Morrison Self - Politician (archive footage)
Winston Churchill Self - Politician (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hermann Göring Self - Politician (archive footage)
Paul Valéry Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)
Jean Giraudoux Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)