Movie: Desert Victory

Top 10 Billed 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)

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1943-04-12

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English

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