In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
Acting
Andrew Scott's trembling resolve vs. Brendan Fraser's rumbling authority.
Direction
Maras squeezes 72 hours into claustrophobic dread.
Sound
Rain, static, ticking clocks—anxiety as atmosphere.
Director
Anthony Maras
Andrew Scott
Captain James Stagg
Brendan Fraser
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kerry Condon
Captain Kay Summersby
Chris Messina
Irving P. Krick
Damian Lewis
Marshall Bernard Montgomery
Con O'Neill
Marshall Leigh-Mallory
Tamsin Topolski
Liz Stagg
Henry Ashton
John Eisenhower
Michael Benz
Hamilton
Wil Coban
Private Tommy Cooper
Joshua Hill
Casey
Sebastian Orozco
Private Jose Carrero
Max Croes
Private Eugene Shaw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Stagg's forecast was so precise it predicted a brief window of calmer weather that German meteorologists missed entirely.
Maras previously directed Hotel Mumbai—another pressure-cooker about institutional failure under extreme duress, but this time the institution wins.
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