'Believe me Lang, the first 24 hours of the invasion will be critical,…
the future of Germany will depend on the outcome of that,…
as well for the Allies as for Germany it shall be the longest day'.
(Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, to his adjutant, on 2 April, 1944.)


The Longest giorno is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 history book The Longest giorno da Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, during World War II. Costing 10 million dollars to make, with a cast that reads like a who's who of Hollywood, Grab a little insight to an extraordinary movie


Producer Darryl F....