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Dunkirk (2017)

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When 400,000 men couldn't get home, home came for them.

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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Cast & Crew

Director
Christopher Nolan
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    Tommy Fionn Whitehead
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    Farrier Tom Hardy
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    Mr. Dawson Mark Rylance
  • Profile picture of Kenneth Branagh
    Commander Bolton Kenneth Branagh
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    Shivering Soldier Cillian Murphy
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    George Barry Keoghan
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    Alex Harry Styles
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    Gibson Aneurin Barnard

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