"In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions."
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Julien Maillat
Catherine Spaak
as Jeanne
Georges Géret
as Pinot
Jean-Pierre Marielle
as Pierson
François Périer
as Alexandre
Pierre Mondy
as Dhéry
Ronald Howard
as le capitaine Robinson
Dominique Zardi
as le caporal-chef réceptionniste
Marie Dubois
as Hélène, la femme d'Atkins
Christian Barbier
as Paul
Jean-Paul Roussillon
as le gouape
Paul Préboist
as le soldat qui boit
Pierre Vernier
as un croque-mort
François Guérin
as Le lieutenant pressé
Kenneth Haigh
as Atkins
Albert Rémy
as Virrel
Nigel Stock
as Un soldat brûlé
Alan Adair
as
Robert Bazil
as Un soldat
Charles Bouillaud
as Le rouspéteur
Gérard Darrieu
as Un lieutenant
Robert Deslandes
Colin Mann
Christian Melsen
as 1st German Parachutist
Michel Barbey
as Dr. Claude Cirilli
Marie-France Boyer
as Jacqueline
Pierre Collet
as Le capitaine Français
Raoul Delfosse
as Le soldat annonçant la mort d'Alexandre / Infantryman
Jean-Claude Dubois
Bob Lerick
Bernard Musson
as Un croque-mort
Donald O'Brien
as L'officier anglais
Paul Pavel
Robert Rollis
as Le soldat à bicyclette
Rolph Spath
as Un parachutiste allemand / 2nd German Parachutist
Julien Verdier
as L'infirmier
Marie-France Mignal
as Antoinette
Anthony Stuart
Robert Napier
René Penetra
Eric Sinclair
Louis Viret
as Le chauffeur du lieutenant
Jacques Ferrière
Maurice Auzel
as Le soldat dans l'abri
Henri Verneuil
Director
Raymond Hakim
Producer
Robert Hakim
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
Claude Durand
Editor
Robert Clavel
Production Design
Pierre Charron
Set Decoration
Jean Zay
Costume Design
Léon Zay
Ralph Baum
Production Manager
Robert Merle
Novel
François Boyer
Adaptation
Dialogue
Pierre Cavassilas
Assistant Director