Desert Victory

Desert Victory

1943/04/12 • Released • English

War
Documentary
6.0
1h

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.

Director : David MacDonald

Casts

Harold Alexander

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Bernard L. Montgomery

Bernard L. Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel

Self (archive footage)

Claude Auchinleck

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Brooke

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Cunningham

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Harwood

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

J.L. Hodson

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Arthur Tedder

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wilhelm von Thoma

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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