Pressure

Pressure

In the hours before D-Day, one decision changed the world.

Directed by Anthony Maras

Produced by Working Title Films, StudioCanal UK

2026101 min7.8 / 10

A high-stakes historical thriller centered on the agonizing decision-making in the 72 hours before D-Day, where meteorological data and military judgment collide under the weight of world-altering consequences.

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.

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