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WarDocumentary

Desert Victory

- The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!

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.

Release Date : 1943-04-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Army Film & Photographic UnitRoyal Air Force Film Production UnitBritish Army Film UnitArmy Film Unit

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

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Cast

Harold Alexander

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Harold Alexander

Gender : Male

Winston Churchill

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Winston Churchill

Gender : Male

Adolf Hitler

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Adolf Hitler

Gender : Male

Bernard L. Montgomery

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Bernard L. Montgomery

Gender : Male

Erwin Rommel

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Erwin Rommel

Gender : Male

Claude Auchinleck

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Claude Auchinleck

Gender : Male

Alan Brooke

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Alan Brooke

Gender : Male

Alan Cunningham

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Alan Cunningham

Gender : Male

Joseph Goebbels

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph Goebbels

Gender : Male

Henry Harwood

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Henry Harwood

Gender : Male

J.L. Hodson

Character Name : Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : J.L. Hodson

Gender : Male

Arthur Tedder

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Tedder

Gender : Male

Wilhelm von Thoma

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Wilhelm von Thoma

Gender : Male

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