In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

1h 44m
WarDocumentary
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.

Cast

Terence McKenna
Narrator
Roman Jarymowycz
interviewer
Jacques Dextraze
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
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

Brian McKenna
Director, Writer
Roman Jarymowycz
Writer, Producer's Assistant
Terence McKenna
Writer
Alfonso Peccia
Editor
Neville Ottey
Cinematography
Adam Symansky
Producer
Arnie Gelbart
Producer
Robert Hackborn
Art Direction

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