In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)
The Valour and the Horror
1992-01-26
104 Min.
PG-13
Overview
Synopsis by theflixtor - 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.
Cast
Narrator
interviewer
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Joseph Le Boutillier
Guy Simonds
German Officer
Donald Pearce
Kurt Meyer
Harry Foster