Top Billed Cast
Leo Genn
Narrator (voice)
Burgess Meredith
American soldier (voice)
Bernard Miles
British soldier (voice)
Jacques Duchesne
Narrator (French version) / Récitant (voice)
George S. Patton
Self (archive footage)
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
5
Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 04 2022
Leo Genn and Burgess Meredith narrate this factually interesting documentary on "Operation Acrobat" - the allied invasion of North Africa. Using actuality (and no interviews) it depicts the initial success of this project before a successful Nazi counterattack and then final the push to Tunis. It was issued jointly by the British and American governments and is remarkably frank for 1944. It doesn't shy away from revealing that this campaign was fraught with danger and setbacks. The photography is impressive. Certainly, by now, the military cinematographic units had become very adept at capturin...
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Original Language
English
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