---
title: "Here’s the trailer for “Dunkirk,” the first war film from the guy who directed “The Dark Knight”"
date: "2019-01-28"
modified: "2020-10-21"
authors:
  - name: "Tracy Woodward"
    link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/tracy.md"
url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-movies/heres-the-trailer-for-dunkirk-the-first-war-film-from-the-guy-who-directed-dark-knight/"
categories:
  - "History"
  - "War History"
  - "World War II"
---

# Here’s the trailer for “Dunkirk,” the first war film from the guy who directed “The Dark Knight”

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17301077/origin.jpg>)

Christopher Nolan has now applied his moody and precise visual style on World War II. The "Inception" and "The Dark Knight" director tells the story of the "Miracle at Dunkirk," a large-scale evacuation that saved approximately 338,000 Allied troops.

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**Related: [This is how the 'Miracle at Dunkirk' saved World War II for the Allies](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/the-miracle-at-dunkirk.md>)**

"Dunkirk" features frequent Nolan collaborator and "Mad Max: Fury Road" star Tom Hardy, Academy Award winner and "Bridge of Spies" star Mark Rylance, and Shakespeare master and [robot-spider enthusiast](<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120891/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_28>) Kenneth Branagh.

**"Dunkirk" opens July 21, 2017. Watch the trailer below.**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6BEcoM0zik

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