If You're Excited About Christopher Nolan's DUNKIRK Watch This BBC Docudrama

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Earlier this month the first trailer for Christopher Nolan's WWII film Dunkirk was released, and it was so good that it gave me the chills. I'm a huge fan of war movies and now we get to see one directed by Nolan, which is pretty exciting! 

The movie was inspired by Operation Dynamo, which was a 1940 mission that freed over 340,000 British and Allied troops who were trapped and surrounded by the Nazis in the French city of Dunkirk. It was one of the largest organized retreats in modern military history. That would have been one hell of a scary situation to be in.

If you want to learn more about the intense true story that the film tells, I strongly suggest you watch BBC's three hour docudrama on it, which I embedded for you below. It goes into the gritty details of the ordeal and it's absolutely fascinating. This is something you don't want to miss out on.

I also included a new photo from the film featuring Fionn Whitehead thanks to EW. Nolan also talked a little bit about the film saying:

“One of the key things you came across reading firsthand accounts of Dunkirk was how young and inexperienced these soldiers were. It felt very important to me, especially for Fionn’s part, to find somebody very new."

The film has an incredible cast that includes Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, James D'Arcy, and Harry Styles. Dunkirk opens in theater on July 21, 2017.

Docudrama following events at Dunkirk in May and June 1940. The Allies in northern France are in retreat, but the Navy only expects to be able to pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is under pressure to make peace in order to save the rest.

Major factual drama telling the story of history's greatest maritime evacuation. All the characters are real and all the events are taken from first-hand accounts. The army has now made its way back to the overcrowded coast. More boats are needed and the admiralty begins to requisition a fleet of small craft including cockle fishing boats from Leigh-On-Sea.

Major factual drama telling the story of history's greatest maritime evacuation. All the characters are real and all the events are taken from first-hand accounts. Dunkirk has become a siege town. While a large number of the army have been evacuated many tens of thousands still remain.