Desert Victory
1Win1NomDirected by David MacDonald, Roy Boulting
Synopsis
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.
Awards
Details
- Released
- 12 April 1943
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Director
- David MacDonald, Roy Boulting
- Writers
- J.L. Hodson
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Languages
- English
- Production
- The Army Film & Photographic Unit, Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, British Army Film Unit, Army Film Unit
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Cast
- HHarold Alexander
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Bernard L. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel- CClaude Auchinleck
- AAlan Brooke
- AAlan Cunningham
Joseph Goebbels- HHenry Harwood