A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins total
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self - Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force
- (as General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower)
Winston Churchill
- Self
- (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
- Self
- (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
- Self
- (archive footage)
Sam Levene
- Self - Commentator
- (voice)
Bernard L. Montgomery
- Self
- (archive footage)
George S. Patton
- Self
- (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Self
- (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Iosif Stalin)
Richard Attenborough
- Self - Commentator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Paddy Chayefsky
- Commentator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Richard Fallon
- Self
- (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Erwin Rommel
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Garson Kanin(uncredited)
- Carol Reed(uncredited)
- Writers
- Harry Brown(uncredited)
- Paddy Chayefsky(uncredited)
- Frank Harvey(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaAccording to director Capt. Garson Kanin, when the movie won the 1945 Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature, the Oscar went to uncredited producer Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Quotes
Commentator: This is our people's story, in their words.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dai-ni-ji sekai taisen (1954)
Featured review
What Price Glory
Not your average World War II documentary, 'The True Glory' avoids static interviews or impersonal narration, instead presenting collated archive footage from the final few months of the war, played out against real war veterans verbally relating their experiences. While some of the stock footage shown feels awfully familiar, there are several excellent, unusual shots throughout, most notably one where the camera is positioned at the wheels of the plane and a sequence where passers-by on the street walk up to the camera from all different directions. The nighttime footage is remarkable too. Not all of the verbal recounts resonate with a lot of flag-waving dialogue, however, several lines linger long in the mind ("I'm not squeamish... but I'm human") and the documentary refreshingly includes recounts from an extensive variety of personnel. Sure, most of the interviewees are soldiers, but we also get the perspective of an army hospital nurse, a war reporter and the list goes on. The documentary also curiously mentions the prospect of World War III some time in (then) foreseeable future with a reminder that war really can be a horrible thing. Indeed, while the film sometimes feels like the Allies patting themselves on the back for a successful victory, 'The True Glory' does not shy away from depicting how grueling war is and it deserves some credit for that.
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- Den stora invasionen
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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