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Desert Victory
The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!
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- War
- Documentary
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 12, 1943
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- The Army Film & Photographic Unit,Royal Air Force Film Production Unit,Army Film Unit,British Army Film Unit
- Cast
- Joseph Goebbels,Arthur Tedder,Wilhelm von Thoma,Adolf Hitler,Winston Churchill,Harold Alexander,Alan Cunningham,J.L. Hodson,Henry Harwood,Erwin Rommeland 3 more
- Director
- David MacDonald,Roy Boulting
- Writer
- J.L. Hodson
- Producer
- David MacDonald
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0035796