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The Longest Day is a 180-minute 1962 war film, based on the 1959 book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. Image File history File links The Longest Day DVD cover This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the movie in question. ... Image File history File links The Longest Day DVD cover This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the movie in question. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Films of the war film genre deal primarily with actual warfare, usually featuring sea, air, or land battles and their combatants, or on daily military or civilian life in the midst of battle or the threat of battle. ... The Longest Day is a book by Cornelius Ryan published in 1959, telling the story of D-Day, the first day of the World War II invasion of Normandy. ... Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author mainly known for his writings on popular military history, especially World War II. His two best-known books are The Longest Day (1959), which tells the story of the D-Day (day one of the... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading Allied forces as part of the larger conflict of World War II. Sixty years later, the Normandy invasion, codenamed Operation Overlord, remains the largest sea borne invasion in history, involving almost three... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The movie was adapted by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Cornelius Ryan and Jack Seddon from the Ryan book. It was directed by Ken Annakin (British exteriors), Andrew Marton (American exteriors), Gerd Oswald (parachute drop scene), Bernhard Wicki (German scenes) and Darryl F. Zanuck (uncredited). Romain Gary (May 8, 1914–December 2, 1980) was a novelist, film director, WWII pilot and diplomat. ... James Jones (1921-1977) is an American author most famous for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. ... Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author mainly known for his writings on popular military history, especially World War II. His two best-known books are The Longest Day (1959), which tells the story of the D-Day (day one of the... Ken Annakin (born August 10, 1914) is a British film director. ... Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 - December 22, 1979) was one of the major figures in the Hollywood studio system and the longest survivor of that system. ...

Many of the military consultants and advisors who helped with the film's production were actual participants in the action on D-Day, and are portrayed in the film. The producers drew them from both sides. Among them are Günther Blumentritt (a former German general), James M. Gavin (an American general), Philippe Kieffer (who led his men in the assault on Ouistreham), Max Pemsel (a German general), Werner Pluskat (the major who was the first German officer to see the invasion fleet), and Josef "Pips" Priller (the hot-headed pilot). Philippe Kieffer Philippe Kieffer (Port aux Princes (Haïti) 24 October 1899 – Cormeilles en Parisis, 20 November 1962) , capitaine de frégate in the French Navy, was a French officer and political personality, and one of the greatest heroes of the Free French Forces. ... Ouistreham is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. ...

One thing that sets the film apart from most films set in the Second World War is that all characters speak in their own languages, with subtitles in English wherever the characters speak either French or German. The usual Nazi stereotypes are avoided, and most German characters are portrayed as human beings. The words "Sieg, heil!", for instance, are not uttered even once in The Longest Day, although they are seen written on a bunker wall in Ouistreham. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Cast and roles include

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Awards

It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White and Best Effects, Special Effects, and was nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Film Editing and Best Picture. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ... This is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best visual effects. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ...

Theme lyrics

Lyric of the theme from the film, the Longest Day written by Paul Anka: Paul Anka recieving the Order of Canada from Governor General Adrienne Clarkson in a ceremony performed at Rideau Hall on Friday, June 10, 2005. ...

Many men came here as soldiers

Many men will pass the way

Many men will count the hours

As they live the longest day

Many men are tired and weary

Many men are here to stay

Many men won't see the sunset

When it ends the longest day

The longest day the longest day

This will be the longest day

Filled with hopes and filled with fears

Filled with blood and sweat and tears

Many men the mighty thousands

Many men to victory

Marching on right into battle

In the longest day in history

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Best lines

• "He's dead. I'm crippled. You're lost. I suppose it's always like that. I mean war."

Flight Officer David Campbell to a young, lost American soldier.

• "Cor, stone the crows!"

A British soldier to his chaplain who insists on finding his Communion set, despite being chest-deep in a river and under fire.

• "I don't like it, but there it is."

General Dwight D. Eisenhower commenting on the necessity of launching the Invasion in such bad weather.

• "You can't give the enemy a break. Send him to hell."

Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort to his men just before they embark.

• "Au cœur des ténèbres, au plus profond de la nuit, il ne faut jamais désespérer. Gardons notre foi intacte, inébranlable! Pour chacun de nous, la délivrance approche." ("In the heart of the darkness, in the deepest of the night, we must never lose hope. Let us keep our faith intact, unshakable! For each of us, deliverance is coming.")

Father Louis Roulland to his congregation in Sainte-Mère-Église, which includes a stonefaced Nazi officer.

• "Glauben Sie mir, meine Herren, die ersten vierundzwanzig Stunden dieser Invasion werden entscheidend sein! Das wird für die Alliierten, aber auch für die Deutschen, der längste Tag werden — der längste Tag." ("Believe me, gentlemen, the first twenty-four hours of this invasion will be decisive! It will become for the Allies, as well as for the Germans, the longest day — the longest day.")

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, speaking the title line to his generals.

• Die Invasion! Sie kommen! ("The invasion! They're coming!")

Major Werner Pluskat, looking utterly astonished, to his men in his command bunker upon seeing, through his binoculars, the fleet coming straight at him.

• Auf mich zu direkt! ("Right at me! ")

Major Werner Pluskat, when asked by his superior where the invasion ships were headed.

• Die fünftausend Schiffe, die die Alliierten gar nicht haben können, wie Sie meinen, sie haben sie! Sie haben sie! ("Those five thousand ships, you say the Allies haven't got, well they got them! They've got them!")

Major Werner Pluskat, reporting to his superior.

• "Get off the beach! Move inland! Get off the beach! Move inland! The sooner we get off this beach, the sooner they'll stop this blasted shelling. It's very bad for the dog."

• "As my grandmother used to say, anything mechanical, give it a good bash."

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Trivia

• Sergeant Kaffekanne's last name is from the German for "coffee pot", which he always carries.
• Bill Millin, the piper who accompanies Lord Lovat to Normandy with his bagpipes, played himself in the film. Lord Lovat had ignored a general order against pipers to bring Millin to Normandy, where Millin escaped being shot by German snipers — because they thought he was crazy!
• Richard Todd, who plays the leader of the British Airborne unit that lands at Pegasus Bridge, took part in the real bridge assault on D-Day.

Richard Todd (born June 11, 1919) is a British actor. ... Pegasus Bridge before its replacement The replacement Pegasus Bridge in operation Pegasus was the codename given to a bridge over the Caen canal, near the town of Ouistreham. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ...

See also

• The Longest Day: Other uses
• Authorized marches of the Canadian Forces

The Longest Day has many meanings: The Longest Day (book) published in 1959 by Cornelius Ryan The Longest Day (movie) is a 1962 war film based on Ryans book The Longest Day (game) is a 1980 wargame by Avalon Hill This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which... The following is a list of the authorized marches for various organizations of the Canadian Forces. ...

External link

• The Longest Day at the Internet Movie Database