Dunkirk

France, Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States of America, 2017

Film
Dunkirk thumbnail image.

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The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

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Collection

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Credits

director

Christopher Nolan

costume design

Cesha Ventre

Jeffrey Kurland

producer

Christopher Nolan

Emma Thomas

production company

Canal+

Ciné+

Dombey Street Productions

Kaap Holland Film

RatPac Entertainment

Syncopy

Warner Bros. Pictures

production design

Nathan Crowley

visual effects

Ben Cowell-Thomas

writer

Christopher Nolan

Duration

01:47:00

Production dates
2017

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-374720

Language

English

Subject categories

Action

Drama

War

TMDB-Movie

374720

Wikidata

Q21935651

Collected

2 times

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