Movie Description
In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
(1992)Overview
A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperienced battalion of the Canadian Black Watch Regiment launched a doomed attack and was defeated with heavy casualties by veteran German SS troops. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.
Featured Crew
- Director : Brian McKenna
- Producer : Adam Symansky,Arnie Gelbart
- Writer : Roman Jarymowycz,Terence McKenna,Brian McKenna
- Editor : Alfonso Peccia
- Cast : Terence McKenna,Roman Jarymowycz,Jacques Dextraze,Sydney Radley-Walters,Patrick Goyette,Nicholas Campbell,Adrian Hough,Wayne Robson,Nigel Bennett,Stewart Arnott
Cast
Narrator
interviewer
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Joseph Le Boutillier
Guy Simonds
German Officer
Donald Pearce
Kurt Meyer
Harry Foster
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Facts
Original TitleIn Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
Status Released
Release Information
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1992-01-26
Original Language
Runtime 01h 44m
Production CompaniesCBC,ONF | NFB
Genres
- War
- Documentary
