Dunkirk is an upcoming English-language war film written, co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy. Set during World War II, it concerns the Dunkirk evacuation.
Nolan wrote the script, told from three perspectives–the land, sea and air–to contain little dialogue and to create suspense solely through details. Filming began in May 2016 in Dunkirk, France, and ended in Los Angeles, United States, where it would also commence post-production. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot the film on IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large format film stock. The film made extensive use of practical effects such as employing 6,000 extras, assembling ships that had actually participated in the real Dunkirk evacuation, and flying genuine era-appropriate planes into the air.
Dunkirk is scheduled to be released on 21 July 2017 in IMAX. The film is a co-production between the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States.
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Produced by:
- Christopher Nolan
- Emma Thomas
Written by: Christopher Nolan
Cast:
- Fionn Whitehead
- Tom Glynn-Carney
- Jack Lowden
- Harry Styles
- Aneurin Barnard
- James D'Arcy
- Barry Keoghan
- Kenneth Branagh
- Cillian Murphy
- Mark Rylance
- Tom Hardy
Music by: Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema
Edited by: Lee Smith
Production companies: Syncopy Inc.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: 21 July 2017
Running time: 106 minutes
Synopsis
Allied soldiers from Britain, Belgium, Canada, and France are surrounded by the German Army on the beaches of Dunkirk and evacuated in Operation Dynamo between 26 May and 4 June 1940, during the early stages of the Second World War.