Movie Description
For Freedom
(1940)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Maurice Elvey,Castleton Knight
- Producer : Edward Black
- Editor : R. E. Dearing
- Cast : Will Fyffe,Anthony Hulme,E. V. H. Emmett,Guy Middleton,Albert Lieven,Hugh McDermott,Arthur Goullet,Engineer Angel,Arthur Denton,Patrick Dove,J.E.T. Harper,Aubrey Jenkins,Miles Malleson,First Officer Murphy,Charles Pottinger,Jack Raine,Bill Russell,Terry-Thomas,Engineer Walker,Millicent Wolf,Pat Williams
Cast
Chief
Steve
Ted / Commentator
Pierre
Fritz
Sam
Ivan
Himself - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa
Himself - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell
Narrator
Himself - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star
Minor Role
Himself - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa
Himself - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea
Cutter
Adolf Hitler
News reader
Himself - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa
Secretary
Cutter
Facts
Original TitleFor Freedom
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-05-04
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 27m
Production CompaniesGainsborough Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- War
