Movie Description
For Freedom
(1940)Overview
Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the Giant German battleship Graf Spee flees into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way, he is there with his camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter.
Featured Crew
- Director : Castleton Knight,Maurice Elvey
- Producer : Edward Black
- Editor : R. E. Dearing
- Cast : Will Fyffe,Anthony Hulme,E. V. H. Emmett,Guy Middleton,Albert Lieven,Hugh McDermott,Arthur Goullet,Bill Russell,J.E.T. Harper,Patrick Dove,Charles Pottinger,F.M. Murphy,Aubrey Jenkins,Engineer Angel,Engineer Walker,Arthur Denton,Terry-Thomas,Millicent Wolf,Jack Raine,Pat Williams,Miles Malleson
Cast
Chief
Steve
Ted / Commentator
Pierre
Fritz
Sam
Ivan
Adolf Hitler
Narrator (voice)
Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell
Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea
Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa
Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star
Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa
Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa
News Reader
Secretary
Cutter
Cutter
Minor Role
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Facts
Original TitleFor Freedom
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-05-04
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 27m
Production CompaniesGainsborough Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- War
