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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

The Valour and the Horror

10.0(2)

1h 44m

1992

Released

en

War Documentary

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.

Release Date

January 26, 1992

Production

CBC, ONF | NFB

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Cast

10 people

Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna

Narrator

Directing

Roman Jarymowycz

Roman Jarymowycz

interviewer

Writing

Jacques Dextraze

Jacques Dextraze

Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

Acting

Sydney Radley-Walters

Sydney Radley-Walters

Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

Acting

Patrick Goyette

Patrick Goyette

Patrick Goyette

Joseph Le Boutillier

Acting

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

Guy Simonds

Acting

Adrian Hough

Adrian Hough

Adrian Hough

German Officer

Acting

Wayne Robson

Wayne Robson

Wayne Robson

Donald Pearce

Acting

Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Kurt Meyer

Acting

Stewart Arnott

Stewart Arnott

Stewart Arnott

Harry Foster

Acting

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