Dunkirk is a 2017 historical war film produced, written, and directed by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II from the perspectives of people on the land, sea, and air.

Jul 21, 2017 · Dunkirk: Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Damien Bonnard. Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and …

In May 1940, soldiers and civilians struggle by land, sea and air to evacuate the British army and their allies, Europe's last hope, from Dunkirk.

6 days ago · During the dramatic Dunkirk evacuation, the skies became a deadly battleground between Britain’s agile Spitfires and Germany’s fearsome Bf 109s. These legendary dogfights were not just …

Jun 21, 2025 · In late May 1940, the world watched with bated breath as hundreds of thousands of Allied troops found themselves hemmed in on the windswept beaches of Dunkirk, France.

3 days ago · Christopher Nolan’s 2017 film Dunkirk is primarily a work of historical fiction. While based on the very real and devastating events of the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, the film employs dramatic …

The British Expeditionary Force was forced back to Dunkirk but managed to turn defeat into something positive with the successful evacuation of more than 300,000 troops. Within months the RAF had …

Jan 25, 2018 · During the Battle of Dunkirk from May 26 to June 4, 1940, some 338,000 British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops were evacuated from Dunkirk to England as …

In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically...

Jul 21, 2017 · Lean and ambitious, unsentimental and bombastic, overwhelmingly guy-centric, Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic “Dunkirk” showcases the best and worst of the director’s …