Desert Victory
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Desert Victory

6.4 / 10 | 1h 2m | United Kingdom
1943 | Documentary | War
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.

Cast List (16)

Roy Boulting
Roy Boulting
Director
David MacDonald
David MacDonald
Director
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Self
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bernard L. Montgomery
Self
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
Self
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Shaking Hands with Rommel
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck
Self
Alan Brooke
Alan Brooke
Self - with Churchill and Montgomery
Harold Alexander
Harold Alexander
Self
Alan Cunningham
Alan Cunningham
Self
Wilhelm von Thoma
Wilhelm von Thoma
Self - Commander: Afrika Korps
Henry Harwood
Henry Harwood
Self
J.L. Hodson
J.L. Hodson
Narrator
Arthur Tedder
Arthur Tedder
Self
J.L. Hodson
J.L. Hodson
Writer

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