Longest day: Allied landing … in Corsica!

A few weeks before the start of the largest amphibious military operation in history, on June 6, 1944, German General Erwin Roel, in charge of the Normandy-based Army Group B, wrote to his wife. “The Allies must land, that is a fact. But 24 hours before the invasion will be essential. For us, as well as for the Allies, this will be the longest day …” Words that have since gone down in history.

It is also the name of a film released in 1962, which greatly contributed to the popularization of the events related to the landing and the battle of Normandy in the society. Based on Cornelius Ryan’s best-selling novel, he does not shy away from factual errors, in addition, he sometimes feels that he is conveying symbolic (but authentic) anecdotes / events performed by a horrifying Hollywood actor.

It’s very simple, it’s real Ვin Who 7th Art: Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, John Wayne, Richard Burton, Peter Loford, Robert Wagner, Rod Steiger … with French actors such as Burville or Christian Markand.

Choral work, The longest day It was directed by five directors. Andrew Marton handled American sections; The British part was directed by Ken Anakin; Bernhard Wick handled the German sections and Elmo Williams coordinated the battles. Daril F. Zanuk, the film’s producer, also filmed several scenes.

Shot in France (e.g., the landing scene on Omaha Beach was shot off the coast of Corsica, while the interior scenes were shot in Boulogne Bilancourt), the film remains, despite some reservations, a model of international co-production.

Made with a colossal sum of $ 10 million at the time, which made it one of the most expensive black-and-white films ever funded, it is also one of the first major films of World War II in which actors speak their lines in their native language.

The release of the film in France, in September 1962, was celebrated with great pomp in Paris, at the Palais des Chaillot, under the high patronage of the French government, under the direction of General de Gaulle, and with the song Edith Piaf in the song. Film and national anthem at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. A huge success at the box office, The Longest Day has amassed 11,906,000 issues in France. Success with a community that has never been shaken to the point that the film remains an integral classic of the annual broadcast of TV channels.