Le Jour le plus long (1962)
The Longest Day
Réalisateurs : Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Scénaristes : Cornelius Ryan, Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
Genres : Guerre, Action, Drame
182 minutes
Status : Released
Budget : 10 000 000 $
Langues : English, Français, Deutsch
Pays : United States of America
Sociétés de production : 20th Century Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Synopsis
1944. Les Alliés se préparent pour la grande offensive qu'ils ont prévue en Normandie et qui devrait définitivement débarrasser l'Europe du fléau nazi. Chaque état-major est en effervescence. Le général Eisenhower hésite quant à la date fixée, le 6 juin, en raison du mauvais temps. L'atterrissage des troupes aéroportées et le débarquement sur cinq plages normandes s'annoncent difficiles. Il faut créer des diversions pour semer la confusion chez l'ennemi. Pendant ce temps, la plus grande tranquillité règne dans le camp allemand. Le maréchal Rommel est même reparti en Allemagne. Puis soudain, la radio laisse tomber la seconde partie du vers de Verlaine qui annonce le début de l'opération.
- Henry Fonda - Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
- John Wayne - Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
- Robert Mitchum - Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
- Robert Ryan - Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
- Eddie Albert - Col. Thompson
- Paul Anka - U.S. Army Ranger
- Arletty - Madame Barrault
- Jean-Louis Barrault - Father Louis Roulland
- Richard Beymer - Pvt. Dutch Schultz
- Hans Christian Blech - Maj. Werner Pluskat
- Bourvil - Mayor of Colleville
- Richard Burton - Flying Officer David Campbell
- Wolfgang Büttner - Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
- Red Buttons - Pvt. John Steele
- Pauline Carton - Maid
- Sean Connery - Pvt. Flanagan
- Ray Danton - Capt. Frank
- Irina Demick - Janine Boitard, a resistance
- Fred Dur - U.S. Army Ranger Major
- Fabian - U.S. Army Ranger
- Mel Ferrer - Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
- Steve Forrest - Capt. Harding
- Gert Fröbe - Sgt. Kaffekanne
- Leo Genn - Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
- John Gregson - British Padre
- Paul Hartmann - Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
- Peter Helm - Young GI
- Werner Hinz - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Donald Houston - RAF Pilot
- Jeffrey Hunter - Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
- Karl John - Gen. Wolfgang Häger
- Curd Jürgens - Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
- Alexander Knox - Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
- Peter Lawford - Lord Lovat
- Fernand Ledoux - Louis
- Christian Marquand - Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
- Dewey Martin - Sgt. Wilder
- Roddy McDowall - Pvt. Morris
- Michael Medwin - Pvt. Watney
- Sal Mineo - Pvt. Martini
- Kenneth More - Capt. Colin Maud
- Richard Münch - Gen. Erich Marcks
- Edmond O'Brien - Gen. Raymond D. Barton
- Leslie Phillips - RAF Officer Mac
- Wolfgang Preiss - Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
- Ron Randell - Joe Williams
- Madeleine Renaud - Mother Superior
- Georges Rivière - Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
- Norman Rossington - Pvt. Clough
- Tommy Sands - U.S. Army Ranger
- George Segal - U.S. Army Ranger
- Jean Servais - RAdm. Janjard
- Rod Steiger - Destroyer Commander
- Richard Todd - Maj. John Howard
- Tom Tryon - Lt. Wilson
- Peter van Eyck - Lt. Col. Ocker
- Robert Wagner - U.S. Army Ranger
- Richard Wattis - British Paratrooper
- Stuart Whitman - Lt. Sheen
- Georges Wilson - Alexandre Renaud
- Patrick Barr - Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
- Lyndon Brook - Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
- John Crawford - Col. Caffey (uncredited)
- Armin Dahlen - Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
- Mark Damon - Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
- Richard Dawson - British Soldier (uncredited)
- Eugene Deckers - German Soldier (uncredited)
- Gil Delamare - French Commando (uncredited)
- Frank Finlay - Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
- Harry Fowler - British Paratrooper (uncredited)
- Bernard Fox - Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
- Robert Freitag - Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
- Bernard Fresson - French Commando (uncredited)
- Lutz Gabor - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Arnold Gelderman - German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
- Harold Goodwin - British Soldier (uncredited)
- Walter Gotell - German Soldier (uncredited)
- Henry Grace - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
- Clément Harari - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Ruth Hausmeister - Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
- Jack Hedley - RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
- Michael Hinz - Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
- Walter Horsbrugh - Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
- Til Kiwe - Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
- Harry Landis - British Soldier (uncredited)
- Wolfgang Lukschy - Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
- Victor Maddern - Camp Cook (uncredited)
- Howard Marion-Crawford - Glider Doctor (uncredited)
- Neil McCallum - Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
- John Meillon - RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
- Kurt Meisel - Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
- Gérard Moisan - Paratrooper (uncredited)
- Tony Mordente - Cook (uncredited)
- Bill Nagy - Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
- Rainer Penkert - Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
- Malte Petzel - German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
- John Phillips - Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
- Siân Phillips - WRNS Officer (uncredited)
- Maurice Poli - Jean (uncredited)
- Hartmut Reck - Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
- Trevor Reid - Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
- Heinz Reincke - Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
- Alexandre Renaud - Firefighter (uncredited)
- Paul Edwin Roth - Col. Schiller (uncredited)
- Ernst Schröder - Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
- Dietmar Schönherr - Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
- Heinz Spitzner - Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
- Nicholas Stuart - Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
- Hans Söhnker - German Officer (uncredited)
- Alice Tissot - Housekeeper (uncredited)
- Michel Tureau - French Commando (uncredited)
- Roland Urban - Paratrooper (uncredited)
- Vicco von Bülow - Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
- Joe Warfield - US Army Medic (uncredited)
- Dominique Zardi - French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
