Desert Victory (1943)

"The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!"

6.3 April 12, 1943 1h 0m Released

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.

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)

  • J.L. Hodson

    J.L. Hodson

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Arthur Tedder

    Arthur Tedder

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Wilhelm von Thoma

    Wilhelm von Thoma

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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