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"The World at War" France Falls: May-June 1940 (TV Episode 1973) Poster

(TV Series)

(1973)

Full Cast & Crew

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Peter Batty ... (writer)

Cast (in credits order)  

Laurence Olivier ... Self - Narrator (voice)
Edward Spears Edward Spears ... Self - British Liason Officer to French Army (as Sir Edward Spears)
Lawrence Durrell ... Self - British Foreign Service
Siegfried Westphal Siegfried Westphal ... Self - Staff Officer Western Front (as General Siegfried Westphal)
Gordon Waterfield Gordon Waterfield ... Self - War Correspondent
Walter Warlimont Walter Warlimont ... Self - German High Command (as General Warlimont)
Hasso von Manteuffel Hasso von Manteuffel ... Self - German Panzer Command (as General von Manteuffel)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
André Beaufre André Beaufre ... Self - French High Command (archive footage) (as General André Beaufre)
Maurice Chevalier ... Self - Entertainer (archive sound)
Charles Trenet ... Self - Entertainer (archive sound)
Charles de Gaulle ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Duke of Windsor ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maurice Gamelin ... Self - C-in-C, Maginot Line (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henri Giraud Henri Giraud ... Self - Commander, French 9th Army (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heinz Guderian ... Self - German Colonel (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler ... Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Philippe Pétain ... Self - Marshal of France (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Reynaud ... Self - Prime Minister of France 1940 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maxime Weygand ... Self - C-in-C, French Army (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Peter Batty ... producer
Jeremy Isaacs ... series producer

Music by 

Carl Davis

Editing by 

Alan Afriat

Production Management 

Liz Sutherland ... unit manager

Art Department 

Ian Kestle ... graphics

Sound Department 

Freddie Slade ... dubbing mixer

Script and Continuity Department 

Jerome Kuehl ... script associate

Additional Crew 

Roger Chinery ... laboratory liaison
Noble Frankland ... historical advisor
Isobel Hinshelwood ... stills researcher
John Rowe ... film research
Antonio Pinto Marques ... production staff (uncredited)

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