Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Directed by Henri Verneuil
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.
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The events of the battle have been dramatized stirringly several times since — most notably in the 1958 movie Dunkirk , the 1964 French film Weekend at Dunkirk , and the 2007 Atonement , with its indelible five-minute sweeping shot over the beach.