Desert Victory
"The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!"
Overview
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.
About Desert Victory (1943)
Released in 1943, Desert Victory is a war and documentary film from The Army Film & Photographic Unit (United Kingdom). It was directed by David MacDonald and Roy Boulting and written by J.L. Hodson. The cast is led by Harold Alexander, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Bernard L. Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. With a runtime of 1h 0m, the film averages 6.3/10 across 11 TMDB ratings.
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