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Desert Victory
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6.3A 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.
Released: 1943-04-1260 minDir: David MacDonaldWar, Documentary
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Cast
- Harold Alexander as Self (archive footage)
- Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage)
- Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
- Bernard L. Montgomery as Self (archive footage)
- Erwin Rommel as Self (archive footage)
- Claude Auchinleck as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
405 votes
- Year
- 1943
- Runtime
- 62 min
- Genres
- Documentary, War
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Roy Boulting
- Cast member
- Bernard Montgomery
- Composer
- William Alwyn
- Production company
- United States Office of War Information
- Duration
- 62
- FilmAffinity ID
- 701091
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1943-01-01
- title
- Desert Victory
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Desert Victory
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