Tunisian Victory (1944)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Frank Capra
Hugh Stewart

Writers:

Release Date:

1 April 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | War

Plot Keywords:

WWII In Africa

Cast

Leo Genn	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harold Alexander	...	(archive footage)
Kenneth Anderson	...	(archive footage)
Omar N. Bradley	...	(archive footage)
Alan Brooke	...	(archive footage)
Winston Churchill	...	(archive footage)
Mark W. Clark	...	(archive footage)
Alan Cunningham	...	(archive footage)
Andrew Cunningham	...	(archive footage)
François Darlan	...	(archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle	...	(archive footage)
James Doolittle	...	(archive footage)
Jacques Duchesne	...	Narrator (French version) / Récitant (voice)
Dwight D. Eisenhower	...	(archive footage)
Henri Giraud	...	(archive footage)
Albert Kesselring	...	(archive footage)
Ernest J. King	...	(archive footage)
William D. Leahy	...	(archive footage)
George C. Marshall	...	(archive footage)
Burgess Meredith	...	American soldier (voice)
Bernard Miles	...	British soldier (voice)
Bernard L. Montgomery	...	(archive footage)
Louis Mountbatten	...	(archive footage)
George S. Patton	...	(archive footage)
Philippe Pétain	...	(archive footage)
Charles Portal	...	(archive footage)
Erwin Rommel	...	(archive footage)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt	...	Himself (archive footage)
Walter Bedell Smith	...	(archive footage)
Carl Spaatz	...	(archive footage)
Arthur Tedder	...	(archive footage)

Also Known As:

An Official Record (USA) (subtitle)

Runtime:

UK:75 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:15

Company:

British Service Units

Trivia:

'Huston, John' directed replacement scenes when some footage was lost.

Movie Connections:

References Toonerville Trolley (1936)

Decent WW2 Doc

Tunisian Victory (1944)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

This WW2 documentary was produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps and the British Film Unit. Frank Capra and Hugh Stewart filmed and directed the majority of the movie but before it was released, parts of the print were damaged so John Huston went back and reshot those scenes. The documentary starts from the very beginning of this legendary battle until the victorious end when the Germans were forced out of Africa. If you've seen any of the various WW2 docs out there then you know what to expect. There's a lot of great action footage, which is probably why most people are drawn to these types of films. We also get a good understanding of the battle plan laid out by the British and we get to see how it went over so well to lead to a victory. The best moments of the film are when we see the soldiers celebrating Christmas. These scenes are very heart warming and it's great seeing the soldiers having fun in the middle of all the chaos that goes along with war. Winston Churchill and President Dwight D. Eisenhower appear in the film as well. Burgess Meredith does the narration of the American soldier.