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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

1h 44m | PG-13

⭐ 10 / 10

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.

Director: Brian McKenna

Studio: CBC

Genre: War, Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna

as Narrator

Roman Jarymowycz

Roman Jarymowycz

as interviewer

Jacques Dextraze

Jacques Dextraze

as Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

Sydney Radley-Walters

Sydney Radley-Walters

as Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

Patrick Goyette

Patrick Goyette

as Joseph Le Boutillier

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

as Guy Simonds