The Phoney War
80 %|Aug 27, 2019|History, Documentary, War
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.
Featured Crew
Cédric Gruat
Director
Cédric Gruat
Writer
Marc Silvera
Producer
Claire-Anne Largeron
Sound Editor
Samuel Lajus
Editor
Sharon Hammou
Researcher
Claude Valenta
Casting
Marc Silvera
Production Director
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)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Self (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)