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    For Freedom

    87'

    1940-05-04

    7

    Drama,War

    Overview:

    Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the Giant German battleship Graf Spee flees into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way, he is there with his camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter.

    DirectingMaurice Elvey

    Cast

    1

    Chief

    Will Fyffe

    1

    Steve

    Anthony Hulme

    1

    Ted / Commentator

    E. V. H. Emmett

    1

    Pierre

    Guy Middleton

    1

    Fritz

    Albert Lieven

    1

    Sam

    Hugh McDermott

    1

    Ivan

    Arthur Goullet

    1

    Adolf Hitler

    Bill Russell

    1

    Narrator (voice)

    J.E.T. Harper

    1

    Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell

    Patrick Dove

    1

    Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea

    Charles Pottinger

    1

    Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa

    F.M. Murphy

    1

    Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star

    Aubrey Jenkins

    1

    Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa

    Engineer Angel

    1

    Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa

    Engineer Walker

    1

    Arthur Denton

    1

    News Reader

    Terry-Thomas

    1

    Secretary

    Millicent Wolf

    1

    Cutter

    Jack Raine

    1

    Cutter

    Pat Williams

    1

    Minor Role

    Miles Malleson

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Gainsborough Pictures
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.289
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:For Freedom

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