Desert Victory (movie)

Desert Victory (movie)

  • User score: 5.8
  • Production country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Producer: David MacDonald , Roy Boulting
  • Production companies: The Army Film & Photographic Unit, Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, British Army Film Unit, Army Film Unit
  • Genre: War, Documentary
  • Release date: 4/12/1943
  • Run time: 60 min.

Movie 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.

Actors

Harold Alexander

Harold Alexander

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Bernard L. Montgomery

Bernard L. Montgomery

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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