The longest day

Resource Information

The work The longest day represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The longest day

Statement of responsibility

British exterior episodes directed by Ken Annakin ; American exterior episodes directed by Andrew Marton ; German episodes directed by Bernhard Wicki ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; screenplay by Cornelius Ryan ; additional episodes written by Romain Gary [and others] ; Twentieth Century Fox

Title variation

Darryl F. Zanuck's The Longest day

Contributor

• Marquand, Christian, 1927-2000
• Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979
• Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
• Marton, Andrew, 1904-1992
• Mitchum, Robert
• Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994
• More, Kenneth, 1914-1982
• Blech, Hans Christian, 1925-1993
• Wayne, John, 1907-1979
• Ryan, Cornelius
• Annakin, Ken
• Albert, Eddie
• Arletty, 1898-1992
• Burton, Richard, 1925-1984
• Todd, Richard, 1919-2009
• Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Gary, Romain
• Wicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000
• Hinz, Werner, 1903-1985

Actor

• Mitchum, Robert
• Albert, Eddie
• Arletty, 1898-1992
• Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994
• Blech, Hans Christian, 1925-1993
• Burton, Richard, 1925-1984
• Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982
• Hinz, Werner, 1903-1985
• Marquand, Christian, 1927-2000
• More, Kenneth, 1914-1982
• Todd, Richard, 1919-2009
• Wayne, John, 1907-1979

Screenwriter

• Ryan, Cornelius
• Gary, Romain

Director

• Annakin, Ken
• Marton, Andrew, 1904-1992
• Wicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000

Producer

• Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979

Subject

• Normandy (France) -- History -- 20th century
• Operation Overlord -- Drama
• Parachute troops -- Drama
• Ryan, Cornelius -- Film adaptations
• Soldiers -- France -- 20th century -- Drama
• War films
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France | Normandy -- Drama
• Generales -- Teatro
• Generals -- France -- 20th century -- Drama
• Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- Campañas | Francia | Normandía -- Teatro
• Historical films
• Feature films

Genre

• Historical films
• War films
• Film adaptations
• Teatro
• Feature films
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Complete story of the D-Day landings at Normandy through the eyes of all its participants. D-Day was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in France during Operation Overlord, beginning the 6th of June, 1944, and was the largest seaborne invasion in history. It began with overnight parachute and glider landings, air attacks, naval bombardments, and an early morning amphibious landing

Member of

• qDVD
• Cinema classics collection

Awards note

Academy Awards, USA, 1963: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz) ; Best Effects, Special Effects (Robert MacDonald - visual, Jacques Maumont - audible)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Maurice Jarre ; thematic music, Paul Anka ; photography, Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Language note

In English, Spanish and French with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

D743.23

LC item number

.D37795 2006

PerformerNote

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Stuart Whitman, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Curt Jürgens, Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Christian Marquand, Hans Christian Blech, Werner Hinz, Red Buttons, Wolfgang Preiss, Peter van Eyck, Paul Hartmann, Tom Tryon, Steve Forrest, Robert Wagner, Roddy McDowell, George Segal, Gert Frobe, Jeffrey Hunter, Alexander Knox, Jean Servais, Richard Wattis, Richard Beymer

Runtime

178

Series statement

Cinema classics collection

Technique

live action