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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)
Directed by Brian McKenna
“The Valour and the Horror”
War, Documentary · 1h 44m
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.
Cast
T
Terence McKenna
Narrator
R
Roman Jarymowycz
interviewer
J
Jacques Dextraze
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
S
Sydney Radley-Walters
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Patrick Goyette
Joseph Le Boutillier
Nicholas Campbell
Guy Simonds
Adrian Hough
German Officer
Wayne Robson
Donald Pearce
Nigel Bennett
Kurt Meyer
Stewart Arnott
Harry Foster
Crew
- Director
- Brian McKenna
- Writer
- Brian McKenna, Roman Jarymowycz, Terence McKenna
- Editor
- Alfonso Peccia
- Producer
- Arnie Gelbart, Adam Symansky
Details
- Release date
- 1992-01-26
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- War, Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Production
- CBC, ONF | NFB