Weekend at Dunkirk
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Henri Verneuil
Jean-paul Belmondo
Catherine Spaak
Georges Géret
Jean-pierre Marielle
Pierre Mondy
Film Details
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Synopsis
In June, 1944, the beaches at Zuydcoote near Dunkirk are filled with thousands of British and French troops trapped between the sea and the advancing Germans. A vast fleet of ships and small boats are evacuating the British, but the fate of the French is uncertain. In an abandoned ambulance on the beach, four men discuss their prospects of surviving. Sergeant Maillat wants to escape on one of the boats and continue fighting the Nazis; Dhery, a cowardly opportunist, wants only to get away; Pierson, a chaplain, decides to work in a hospital; and Alexandre will take a chance on getting by on his wits. As he attempts to persuade the British to evacuate him, Maillat meets and falls in love with Jeanne, a young woman who refuses to leave her home in spite of the incessant bombing that has left her nearly hysterical with fright. Maillat returns to the ambulance and discovers that Alexandre is dead and his other friends have left; he kills two of his own men for attempting to rape Jeanne. He then manages to persuade her to try to escape with him, and they arrange to meet on the beach the next day. But Maillat is killed by an exploding shell when Jeanne reaches their rendezvous spot at the ambulance.
Director
Henri Verneuil
Cast
Jean-paul Belmondo
Catherine Spaak
Georges Géret
Jean-pierre Marielle
Pierre Mondy
Marie Dubois
François Périer
Kenneth Haigh
Ronald Howard
Nigel Stock
Albert Rémy
François Guérin
Jean-paul Roussillon
Michel Barbey
Christian Barbier
Pierre Vernier
Raoul Delfosse
Marie-france Mignal
Marie-france Boyer
Christian Melsen
Rolf Spath
Robert Bazil
Julien Verdier
Gerard Darrieu
Robert Deslandes
Dominique Zardi
Alan Adair
Donald O'brien
Anthony Stuart
Robert Napier
Rene Penetra
Paul Préboist
Robert Rollis
Charles Bouillaud
Crew
Ralph Baum
Karl Baumgartner
François Boyer
François Boyer
Pierre Charron
Robert Clavel
Henri Decaë
Claude Durand
Raymond Hakim
Robert Hakim
Maurice Jarre
René Longuet
Robert Merle
Claude Pinoteau
Jean Zay
Leon Zay
Film Details
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Copyright length: 120 min. Produced on location in France and released there in 1964 as Week-end à Zuydcoote; running time: 120 min. Italian title: Week-end a Zuydcoote.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1964
Released in United States 1964
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