In the hours before D-Day, one decision changed the world.
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Andrew ScottJames Stagg
- Brendan FraserDwight ‘Ike’ Eisenhower
- Kerry CondonKay Summersby
- Chris MessinaIrving Krick
- Damian LewisBernard ‘Monty’ Montgomery
- Tamsin TopolskiLiz Stagg
- Jojo MacariAndrew Carter
- Con O'NeillAir Marshal Leigh-Mallory
- Alexander HansonGeneral Omar Bradley
- Robert PortalAdmiral Bertram Ramsay
Crew
- Anthony MarasDirector
- David HaigWriter
- Anthony MarasWriter
- Jamie D. RamsayDirector of Photography
- Volker BertelmannOriginal Music Composer
- Anthony MarasEditor
- Tim BevanProducer
- Eric FellnerProducer
- Cass MarksProducer
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