--- description: The star-studded cast includes Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Harry Styles title: Watch the First Full Trailer for Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5cf46bd2bada4e3/6988b2f386f68e2e826e2f23/dunkirk.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the First Full Trailer for Christopher Nolan's WWII Drama _Dunkirk_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2016 4:10 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2016 4:10 PM CUT [Christopher Nolan’s](http://time.com/4163092/chirstopher-nolan-wwii-film-dunkirk/ "undefined") films never fail to be newsworthy—[_Interstellar_](http://time.com/3741187/interstellar-movie-dust-storms/ "undefined")_,_ [_Inception_ ](http://time.com/3946977/inside-out-inception-mashup/ "undefined")and the [_Dark Knight_](http://time.com/money/4367140/money-movies-secret-message-deeper-meaning/item/the-dark-knight-trilogy/ "undefined") trilogy have all received massive attention in recent years. His next project, _Dunkirk_, promises to be just as epic. The WWII film, whose first full-length trailer was released on Wednesday, documents the 1940 evacuation of the French town that saved hundreds of thousands of Allied forces even as the Germans closed in on them. The action film’s cast is packed with celebrities: Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh and even One Direction singer Harry Styles will appear in the movie. _Dunkirk_ will open in theaters on July 21, 2017. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4602119/dunkirk-trailer-christopher-nolan-wwii-drama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4602119/dunkirk-trailer-christopher-nolan-wwii-drama/"},"headline":"Watch the First Full Trailer for Christopher Nolan's WWII Drama Dunkirk","datePublished":"2016-12-14T16:10:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:58.365Z","description":"The star-studded cast includes Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Harry Styles","url":"https://time.com/4602119/dunkirk-trailer-christopher-nolan-wwii-drama/","keywords":["movies","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5cf46bd2bada4e3/6988b2f386f68e2e826e2f23/dunkirk.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5cf46bd2bada4e3/6988b2f386f68e2e826e2f23/dunkirk.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"dunkirk","caption":"","creditText":"Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4602119/dunkirk-trailer-christopher-nolan-wwii-drama/","name":"Watch the First Full Trailer for Christopher Nolan's WWII Drama Dunkirk"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The star-studded cast includes Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Harry Styles","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4602119/dunkirk-trailer-christopher-nolan-wwii-drama/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4602119/dunkirk-trailer-christopher-nolan-wwii-drama/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```