In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)
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.
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Terence McKenna
as Narrator
as Narrator
Roman Jarymowycz
as interviewer
as interviewer
Jacques Dextraze
as Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
as Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Sydney Radley-Walters
as Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
as Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Patrick Goyette
as Joseph Le Boutillier
as Joseph Le Boutillier
Nicholas Campbell
as Guy Simonds
as Guy Simonds
Adrian Hough
as German Officer
as German Officer
Wayne Robson
as Donald Pearce
as Donald Pearce
Nigel Bennett
as Kurt Meyer
as Kurt Meyer
Stewart Arnott
as Harry Foster
as Harry Foster
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Alfonso Peccia
Editor
Editor
Adam Symansky
Producer
Producer
Roman Jarymowycz
Producer's Assistant
Producer's Assistant
Roman Jarymowycz
Writer
Writer
Brian McKenna
Writer
Writer
Robert Hackborn
Art Direction
Art Direction
Neville Ottey
Cinematography
Cinematography
Terence McKenna
Writer
Writer
Arnie Gelbart
Producer
Producer
Brian McKenna
Director
Director
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