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| Director: | Gerry Gregg |
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| Writer: | Gerry Gregg |
| Staring: |
| Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen Flavin, a young girl who works at a post office, used as a weather station, in Blacksod, in County Mayo, the westernmost promontory of Europe, far from the many lands devastated by the iron storms of World War II. | |
| Release Date: | May 28, 2019 |
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| Director: | Gerry Gregg |
| Writer: | Gerry Gregg |
| Genres: | History, Documentary, TV Movie |
| Keywords | weather forecast, world war ii, interview, d-day, ireland, testify, 1940s, weather report, invasion by sea, war documentary, testimony, historical documentary, operation overlord |
| Production Companies | RTÉ, ARTE GEIE, New Decade TV and Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Eva Sweeney | Young Maureen Flavin Sweeney |
| Colin Wright | General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Mike Johnson | Captain James Stagg |
| John Downes | Met Éireann Telephone Operator |
| Antony Beevor | Self - Historian |
| Robert Gerwarth | Self - Historian |
| Susan Eisenhower | Self - Eisenhower's Granddaughter |
| Joseph Skelly | Self - Historian |
| Richard G. Trefry | Self - Retired US Army Lt. General |
| Maureen Flavin Sweeney | Self - Weather Observer (1944) |
| Gerald Fleming | Self - Meteorologist |
| David McCullagh | Self - Journalist |
| Catherine Ross | Self - British Met Office Archivist |
| Jeremy Green | Self - British Military Police Colonel |
| Rodney Teck | Self - Climate Researcher |
| John C. Sweeney | Self - Climate Researcher |
| Vincent Sweeney | Self - Lighthouse Keeper |
| Richard Callaghan | Self - Royal MP Museum Curator |
| Joe Cattini | Self - D-Day Veteran |
| Adolf Hitler | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Bernard Montgomery | Self - British Military (archive footage) |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self - US Military (archive footage) |
| Éamon de Valera | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Erwin Rommel | Self - German Military (archive footage) |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| James Stagg | Self - Meteorologist (archive footage) |
| Joseph Goebbels | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Joseph Stalin | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Winston Churchill | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Brendan Deasy | Sound Recordist |
| Juangus Dinsmore | Editor |
| Gerry Gregg | Director, Writer |
| Clodagh Deegan | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Jen Dunbar | Production Manager |
| Khaki Devil | Costume Designer |
| David Johnstone | Property Master, Art Direction |
| Seamus Deasy | Director of Photography |
| Aishling Vesey | Post Production Supervisor |
| Ken Galvin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ciarán O'Connor | Executive Producer |
| Paul Myler | Co-Producer |
| Nuala Cunningham | Producer |
| Colm O'Callaghan | Executive Producer |
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