Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a 2017 historical war thriller film written, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II from the perspectives of the land, sea and air. It was produced by Nolan and Emma Thomas. Its ensemble cast includes Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles in his film debut, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy.
Plot
In 1940, during the Battle of France, Allied soldiers retreat to Dunkirk encircled by enemy forces. Tommy, a young British private, flees the town when his comrades are killed by enemy fire. Rushing to the beach, he finds thousands awaiting evacuation and meets Gibson, who buries a body. After Luftwaffe dive bombers attack, they try to board a hospital ship by bringing a wounded man on a stretcher but are ordered off. They overhear Royal Navy Commander Bolton discussing the best way to rescue the men. The ship is sunk by dive bombers; Tommy saves a Highlanders regiment soldier, Alex. The three are sent to a destroyer, but it is hit by a torpedo before it can depart; Gibson saves Tommy and Alex as the ship sinks, and the three return to the beach.
Awards
Cast
- Adam Long
- Aneurin Barnard
- Armie Hammer
- Barry Keoghan
- Billy Howle
- Bobby Lockwood
- Brian Vernel
- Cardi B
- Cillian Murphy
- Damien Bonnard
- Elliott Tittensor
- Fionn Whitehead
- Harry Styles
- Jack Lowden
- James D'Arcy
- Jochum ten Haaf
- John Nolan
- Kenneth Branagh
- Mark Rylance
- Michael Caine
- Olivia Wilde
- Tom Glynn-Carney
- Tom Hardy
- Will Attenborough