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The Longest Day
1962
· Movie
· 178 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #785
- IMDb #755
- Google retired #896
- Rotten Tomatoes #942
- Metacritic #1072
- Letterboxd #1065
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1801
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #543
- Metacritic Audience #1293
- Criticker #462
- Kinopoisk #1890
- AlloCiné #226
- Trakt #693
Every rating
65–92
out of 100
This epic war film meticulously recreates the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. It portrays the event from multiple perspectives: American, British, French, and German. The narrative follows the massive preparation, the airborne assaults behind enemy lines, and the amphibious landings on the beaches of Normandy.
Details
- Directors
- Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Gerd Oswald, Ken Annakin
- Writers
- Cornelius Ryan, David Pursall, Jack Seddon, James Jones, Romain Gary
- Based on
- The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
- Released
- 25 September 1962
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, German, French
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $50.1M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 5 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →3 major awards won · 5 wins from 10 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| 35th Academy Awards 1962 | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz | Winner |
| 35th Academy Awards 1962 | Best Special Effects | Robert MacDonald and Jacques Maumont | Winner |
| Golden Globe Award 1962 | Best Cinematography - Black and White | Henri Persin, Walter Wottitz and Jean Bourgoin | Winner |
| 35th Academy Awards 1962 | Best Picture | Darryl F. Zanuck | Nominee |
| 35th Academy Awards 1962 | Best Art Direction, Black-and-White | Ted Haworth, Léon Barsacq, Vincent Korda and Gabriel Béchir | Nominee |
| 35th Academy Awards 1962 | Best Film Editing | Samuel E. Beetley | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Award 1962 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award 1962 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Darryl F. Zanuck | Nominee |
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35th Academy Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz | Winner |
| Best Special Effects | Robert MacDonald and Jacques Maumont | Winner |
| Best Art Direction, Black-and-White | Ted Haworth, Léon Barsacq, Vincent Korda and Gabriel Béchir | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Samuel E. Beetley | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Darryl F. Zanuck | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography - Black and White | Henri Persin, Walter Wottitz and Jean Bourgoin | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Darryl F. Zanuck | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki | Nominee |
David di Donatello
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Winner |
Eddie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Samuel E. Beetley | Winner |