Desert Victory

Desert Victory

The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!

1943 en 60 minutes

Rating: 6

Plot

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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Cast

Harold Alexander

Harold Alexander

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Bernard L. Montgomery

Bernard L. Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel

Self (archive footage)

Claude Auchinleck

Claude Auchinleck

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Brooke

Alan Brooke

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Cunningham

Alan Cunningham

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Harwood

Henry Harwood

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

J.L. Hodson

J.L. Hodson

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Arthur Tedder

Arthur Tedder

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wilhelm von Thoma

Wilhelm von Thoma

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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