WATCH: 'Dunkirk' Full Trailer and Poster Puts You at the Battlefront

The new trailer of master filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s epic war film "Dunkirk" is now available. As typical Nolan, he utilizes a mixture of IMAX® and 65mm film to bring the story more effectively to the big screen. "Dunkirk" opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in. Catch the trailer just below:

The film features a prestigious cast - including some familiar faces to Nolan's films - with Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy as well as newcomer Fionn Whitehead. The cast also includes Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan and Tom Glynn-Carney.

Warner Bros. Pictures is distributing "Dunkirk" worldwide and has slated the film for a July 20, 2017 release in the Philippines.