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Storm Front in Mayo
7.5 / 10• 2019• 53m•NR• English
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
ES
Eva Sweeney
Young Maureen Flavin Sweeney
LeadCW
Colin Wright
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
MJ
Mike Johnson
Captain James Stagg
JD
John Downes
Met Éireann Telephone Operator
Antony Beevor
Self - Historian
RG
Robert Gerwarth
Self - Historian
SE
Susan Eisenhower
Self - Eisenhower's Granddaughter
JS
Joseph Skelly
Self - Historian
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gerry Gregg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Storm Front in Mayo is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
