In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

01/26/1992

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1hr 44min

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War

,Documentary

The Valour and the Horror

STORY

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 & CREW

Cast

Terence McKenna
Roman Jarymowycz
Jacques Dextraze
Sydney Radley-Walters
Patrick Goyette

Directors

Terence McKenna
Brian McKenna

INFORMATION

Production Companies

CBC
ONF | NFB

Production Countries

LANGUAGES

Cast

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

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