CinemaOSMovie · 1992 · 1h 44m

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

The Valour and the Horror

100%(2)IMDbWarDocumentary

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 byBrian McKenna

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 44m
Language
EN
Released
January 26, 1992
Studios
CBCONF | NFB

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Terence McKenna

Narrator

Roman Jarymowycz

interviewer

Jacques Dextraze

Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

Sydney Radley-Walters

Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

Patrick Goyette

Patrick Goyette

Joseph Le Boutillier

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

Guy Simonds

Adrian Hough

Adrian Hough

German Officer

Wayne Robson

Wayne Robson

Donald Pearce

Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Kurt Meyer

Stewart Arnott

Stewart Arnott

Harry Foster

Creative team
Directed by
Brian McKenna
Written by
Roman Jarymowycz
Terence McKenna
Produced by
Adam Symansky
Adam Symansky
Arnie Gelbart
Arnie Gelbart

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