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Desert Victory

6.0/10

Release: 12/04/1943

Duration: 1h 0m

Desert Victory

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.

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Language: English

Writers

| Writer:J.L. Hodson

Production

The Army Film & Photographic Unit

Royal Air Force Film Production Unit

British Army Film Unit

Army Film Unit

Cast

Harold Alexander

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchi..

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

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Bernard L. Montgomery

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Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel

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Claude Auchinleck

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Alan Brooke

Alan Brooke

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Alan Cunningham

Alan Cunningham

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Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

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Henry Harwood

Henry Harwood

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J.L. Hodson

J.L. Hodson

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Arthur Tedder

Arthur Tedder

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Wilhelm von Thoma

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