Desert Victory

IMDb 6.3 1943 • 60 min • WarDocumentary

Director

David MacDonald

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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)