Cinematic background from The Longest Day 1962 - 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"

The Longest Day

1962

Action, Drama, History

Directors:
Gerd Oswald, Darryl F. Zanuck, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin
Writers:
Cornelius Ryan, Jack Seddon, David Pursall, James Jones, Romain Gary
Official poster of The Longest Day 1962 directed by Gerd Oswald, Darryl F. Zanuck, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin