Desert Victory (1943) | Movier

Desert Victory

Name: Desert Victory
Director: David MacDonald
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: 1943-04-12
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Harold Alexander, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Bernard L. Montgomery, Erwin Rommel

War•Documentary6.3•1943•1h 0m

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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.