Dunkirk 2017

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 106 min

genre: action

theme: war

director: Christopher Nolan

Score: 8 / 10

Dunkirk is a 2017 war film written, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II through the perspectives of the land, sea and air. It is produced by Syncopy Inc. and distributed by Warner Bros. 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 have retreated to Dunkirk. Tommy Jensen, a young British private, is the sole survivor of a German ambush. At the beach, he finds thousands of troops awaiting evacuation and meets Gibson, an aloof soldier who is burying a body. After a Luftwaffe dive bomber attack, they attempt to get aboard a hospital ship but are ordered off. The ship is sunk by dive bombers; Tommy saves Alex, another soldier.

Awards

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author	Christopher Nolan
award	Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Sound Editing National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Dunkirk England English Channel Woking
director	Christopher Nolan
editor	Lee Smith
events	Dunkirk evacuation
genre	action drama historical thriller
keywords	allied allies of world war ii argyll and sutherland highlanders battle of france british soldier bullet hole bury churchill\'s address destroyer ditch dive bomber dogfight draft drown force german german spy great britain head injury highlanders regiment house of commons id intertidal zone luftwaffe minesweeper mole nazi germany prisoner prisoner of war rescue royal navy sail shell shock shell-shocked shoot sole survivor spitfire supermarine spitfire target practice torpedo wait water landing we shall fight on the beaches
musicBy	Hans Zimmer
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Sound Editing European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
publisher	Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	Calais–Dunkerque Airport Dunkirk Hoogeveen Airport Lelystad Airport Los Angeles Maillé-Brézé Swanage railway station Urk Weymouth Port
theme	epic narrative war