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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

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.

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  • 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

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WarDocumentaryBrian McKennaTerence McKennaRoman Jarymowycz1992

Director

Brian McKenna

Top Cast

Terence McKennaRoman JarymowyczJacques DextrazeSydney Radley-WaltersPatrick Goyette

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