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Desert Victory(1943)
Status: Released
Date: 1943-04-12
60%
10 Votes
Time: 1h 0m
The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!
Overview:
A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless miles of rock-strewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. Desert Victory tells the story of the Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including some re-enactment. Won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
The Army Film & Photographic Unit
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
British Army Film Unit
Army Film Unit
Movie: Desert Victory
Top 10 Billed Cast
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Bernard L. Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Overview
A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless miles of rock-strewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. Desert Victory tells the story of the Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including some re-enactment. Won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.
Release Date
1943-04-12
Average
6
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!
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Languages:
English
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