| Uniform Title |
Dunkirk (Motion picture : 1958) |
| Title |
Dunkirk |
| Published |
Australia Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©1958. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (130 minutes) : sound., black and white ; 12 cm. |
| Video Characteristics |
DVD, PAL. |
| Digital File Characteristics |
video file, DVD video, region 2, region 4. |
| Form of Work |
Motion picture |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony : DJ1332. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. |
| Based on the novels The big pick-up by Elleston Trevor and Dunkirk by Lt. Col. Ewan Butler and Major J.S. Bradford, M.B.E., M.C. |
| Credits |
Screenplay, David Divine, W.P. Lipscomb ; director, Leslie Norman. |
| Performers |
John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart, Ray Jackson, Ronald Hines, Sean Barrett, Roland Curram, Meredith Edwards, Michael Bates, Rodney Diak, Michael Shillo, Eddie Byrne, Maxine Audley, Lionel Jeffries. |
| Summary |
A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany. Two stories in one - an easygoing British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others are less willing. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG (Parental guidance recommended) (Mild war themes and violence). |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby audio Mono 2.0, PAL, Region 2, 4, anamorphic widescreen 1.66:1. |
| Language note |
In English and German. Subtitles: German (in film). [CC] English Captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). |
| Subjects |
Butler, Ewan -- Film adaptations |
| Bradford, J. Selby |
| Trevor, Elleston, -- 1920- |
| Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940 -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama |
| Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940 -- Drama |
| Dunkerque (France) -- Drama |
| Genre |
Films adaptations |
| War films |
| Historical films |
| Action and adventure films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Norman, Les film director. |
| Mills, John, 1908-2005 actor. |
| Attenborough, Richard actor. |
| Lee, Bernard, 1908-1981 actor. |
| Urquhart, Robert, 1921-1995 actor. |
| Divine, David, 1904-1987 writer. |
| Lipscomb, W. P. (William Percy), 1887-1957 writer. |
| Butler, Ewan. Dunkirk Motion picture adaptation of (work). author. |
| Bradford, J. Selby. Dunkirk Motion picture adaptation of (work). author. |
| Trevor, Elleston, 1920-. Big pick-up Motion picture adaptation of (work). |
| Series |
Classics remastered |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Attenborough, Richard .
- Bradford, J. Selby. Dunkirk .
- Butler, Ewan. Dunkirk .
- Divine, David, 1904-1987 .
- Lee, Bernard, 1908-1981 .
- Lipscomb, W. P. (William Percy), 1887-1957 .
- Mills, John, 1908-2005 .
- Norman, Les .
- Trevor, Elleston, 1920-. Big pick-up .
- Urquhart, Robert, 1921-1995 .
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