WarDocumentary

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

- The Valour and the Horror

A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperienced battalion of the Canadian Black Watch Regiment launched a doomed attack and was defeated with heavy casualties by veteran German SS troops. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.

Release Date : 1992-01-26

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Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : CBCONF | NFB

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Cast

Terence McKenna

Character Name : Narrator

Original Name : Terence McKenna

Gender : Male

Roman Jarymowycz

Character Name : interviewer

Original Name : Roman Jarymowycz

Gender : Male

Jacques Dextraze

Character Name : Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

Original Name : Jacques Dextraze

Gender : Male

Sydney Radley-Walters

Character Name : Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

Original Name : Sydney Radley-Walters

Gender : Male

Patrick Goyette

Character Name : Joseph Le Boutillier

Original Name : Patrick Goyette

Gender : Male

Nicholas Campbell

Character Name : Guy Simonds

Original Name : Nicholas Campbell

Gender : Male

Adrian Hough

Character Name : German Officer

Original Name : Adrian Hough

Gender : Male

Wayne Robson

Character Name : Donald Pearce

Original Name : Wayne Robson

Gender : Male

Nigel Bennett

Character Name : Kurt Meyer

Original Name : Nigel Bennett

Gender : Male

Stewart Arnott

Character Name : Harry Foster

Original Name : Stewart Arnott

Gender : Male

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