Desert Victory (1943)
Directed by David MacDonald, Roy Boulting · 60 min · War, Documentary
16.2 TOPICAL score · #4,914 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Desert Victory (1943, directed by David MacDonald and Roy Boulting) has a TOPICAL score of 16.2 - ranked 4,914 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. Audiences: TMDB 6.3/10 (11 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 12 languages.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 6.3/10 (11 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 12 languages
- Still read530 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Harold Alexander, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler (actor #1,359), Bernard L. Montgomery
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