Movie Description
A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong
(1992)Overview
The documentary, using the dramatization of fact, makes the case that the Canadian government knowingly sent two unprepared infantry battalions to help defend Hong Kong in late 1941, fully aware that they may have been on a doomed mission. The C Force, consisting of about 2000 soldiers from the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles of Canada (from Quebec City) were, with the other British, Indian and Hong Kong troops, attacked on December 8, 1941 and overwhelmed by Japanese troops, leading to numerous casualties and the surrender on Christmas day. The Canadians would spend more than 3 and half years as prisoners of war, in horrible conditions. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.
Featured Crew
- Director : Brian McKenna
- Producer : Adam Symansky,Arnie Gelbart,Darce Fardy
- Writer : Terence McKenna,Brian McKenna
- Editor : Alfonso Peccia
- Cast : Terence McKenna,Andrew Tarbet,David Hewlett,Greg Spottiswood,Brooke Johnson,Martin Julien,Andrew Miller,Jeremy Ratchford,Robert Clayton,Robert Manchester
Cast
Narrator
John Payne
Walter Jenkins
John Stroud
Kay Christie
Les Canivet
Ike Friesen
Fred Reich
Self (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)
Self (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (as Bob Manchester)
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Facts
Original TitleA Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong
Status Released
Release Information
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1992-01-12
Original Language
Runtime 01h 40m
Production CompaniesCBC,ONF | NFB
Genres
- Documentary
- War
