Desert Victory
“The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!”
1943•1h 0m•6.3•Released
WarDocumentary
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.
Director
David MacDonald
Writer
J.L. Hodson
Languages
English
Studio
The Army Film & Photographic Unit
Cast
Harold Alexander
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Bernard L. Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
Claude Auchinleck
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Brooke
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Cunningham
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Harwood
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
J.L. Hodson
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Arthur Tedder
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wilhelm von Thoma
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Production
Company
The Army Film & Photographic Unit
Company
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
Company
British Army Film Unit
Company
Army Film Unit
Producer
David MacDonald
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