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Desert Victory

Desert Victory

# The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!
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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1943-04-12
⌚ Running Time: 60 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.8

Beloved Cast

Harold Alexander original image
Self (archive footage)
Harold Alexander
Winston Churchill original image
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler original image
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Bernard L. Montgomery original image
Self (archive footage)
Bernard L. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel original image
Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Claude Auchinleck original image
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claude Auchinleck
Alan Brooke original image
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Brooke
Alan Cunningham original image
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Cunningham
Joseph Goebbels original image
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Henry Harwood original image
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Harwood
J.L. Hodson original image
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
J.L. Hodson
Arthur Tedder original image
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Tedder
Wilhelm von Thoma original image
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wilhelm von Thoma

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