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The Longest Day

Poster for the movie "The Longest Day"
Poster for the movie "The Longest Day"

The Longest Day (1962)

178 min - War, Action, Drama - 25 September 1962
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The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Writers:  David Pursall, Jack Seddon, James Jones, Romain Gary
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Exodus

Poster for the movie "Exodus"
Poster for the movie "Exodus"

Exodus (1960)

208 min - History, War, Action - 15 December 1960
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Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Director:  Otto Preminger
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