M O V I E
Desert Victory [93335]
Released: 1943-04-12
Genres: War, Documentary
Revenue: unknown
Cast: 13
Popularity: 0.1674
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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.
Harold Alexander
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Bernard L. Montgom
Erwin Rommel
Claude Auchinleck
Alan Brooke
Alan Cunningham
Joseph Goebbels
Henry Harwood
J.L. Hodson
Arthur Tedder
Wilhelm von Thoma

Director

David MacDonald