Poster movie

Desert Victory

War

Documentary

Lenguage:60 min

Duration:en

Release date:Apr 12, 1943

Calificacion:5.8

Description:

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.

Cast

Harold Alexander
Harold AlexanderSelf (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bernard L. MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Erwin RommelSelf (archive footage)
Claude Auchinleck
Claude AuchinleckSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Brooke
Alan BrookeSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Cunningham
Alan CunninghamSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Harwood
Henry HarwoodSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

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