In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
The Valour and the Horror
10.0
2 votes
1992
1h 44m
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.
Directed by Brian McKenna
Top cast
T
Terence McKenna
NarratorR
Roman Jarymowycz
interviewerJ
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 FosterDetails
Status
Released
Release date
January 26, 1992
Budget
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Revenue
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