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Desert Victory (1943)

The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!

Género : Bélica, Documental

Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 0M

Director : David MacDonald, Roy Boulting

Sinopsis

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.

Actores

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)

Tripulaciones

David MacDonald
David MacDonald
Director
J.L. Hodson
J.L. Hodson
Writer
Roy Boulting
Roy Boulting
Director
David MacDonald
David MacDonald
Producer
Richard Best
Richard Best
Editor

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