In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

The Valour and the Horror

  • Genre: War, Documentary
  • Release Date: 1992-01-26
  • User Rating: 10/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Production Company: CBC
  • Director: Brian McKenna
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Summary

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.

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  • Terence McKenna

    as Narrator
  • Roman Jarymowycz

    as interviewer
  • Jacques Dextraze

    as Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
  • Sydney Radley-Walters

    as Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
  • Patrick Goyette

    as Joseph Le Boutillier
  • Nicholas Campbell

    as Guy Simonds
  • Adrian Hough

    as German Officer
  • Wayne Robson

    as Donald Pearce
  • Nigel Bennett

    as Kurt Meyer
  • Stewart Arnott

    as Harry Foster
Writing Roman Jarymowycz Writer
Production Roman Jarymowycz Producer's Assistant
Editing Alfonso Peccia Editor
Writing Terence McKenna Writer
Production Adam Symansky Producer
Art Robert Hackborn Art Direction
Production Arnie Gelbart Producer
Crew Neville Ottey Cinematography
Writing Brian McKenna Writer
Directing Brian McKenna Director