Desert Victory

Desert Victory by David MacDonald

6.00

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.

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Cast

Harold Alexander

Harold Alexander as Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)

Bernard L. Montgomery

Bernard L. Montgomery as Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel as Self (archive footage)

Claude Auchinleck

Claude Auchinleck as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Brooke

Alan Brooke as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Cunningham

Alan Cunningham as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Harwood

Henry Harwood as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

J.L. Hodson

J.L. Hodson as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Arthur Tedder

Arthur Tedder as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wilhelm von Thoma

Wilhelm von Thoma as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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