Desert Victory

Desert Victory (1943)

The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!

  • Genre: War, Documentary
  • Release Date: 1943-04-12
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: The Army Film & Photographic Unit
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Directors: David MacDonald, Roy Boulting.
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Summary

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.

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  • Harold Alexander

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Winston Churchill

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Adolf Hitler

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Bernard L. Montgomery

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Erwin Rommel

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Claude Auchinleck

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Alan Brooke

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Alan Cunningham

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Joseph Goebbels

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Henry Harwood

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • J.L. Hodson

    as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  • Arthur Tedder

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Wilhelm von Thoma

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing David MacDonald Director
Writing J.L. Hodson Writer
Directing Roy Boulting Director
Editing Richard Best Editor
Production David MacDonald Producer

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