In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

Name: In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
Director: Brian McKenna
Released: 1992-01-26
Rating: 10
Cast: Terence McKenna, Roman Jarymowycz, Jacques Dextraze, Sydney Radley-Walters, Patrick Goyette

WarDocumentary

104 min

"The Valour and the Horror"

Plot Summary

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.

Why this could be the movie

Plot hook: 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.
Genre cues: War, Documentary
Director clue: Brian McKenna
Lead cast: Terence McKenna and Roman Jarymowycz