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.
Director
Maurice ElveyProducer
Cast
Cast
Will Fyffe
Chief
Anthony Hulme
Steve
E. V. H. Emmett
Ted / Commentator
Guy Middleton
Pierre
Albert Lieven
Fritz
Hugh McDermott
Sam
Arthur Goullet
Ivan
Bill Russell
Adolf Hitler
J.E.T. Harper
Narrator (voice)
Patrick Dove
Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell
Charles Pottinger
Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea
F.M. Murphy
Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa
Aubrey Jenkins
Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star
Engineer Angel
Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa
Engineer Walker
Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa
Arthur Denton
Terry-Thomas
News Reader
Millicent Wolf
Secretary
Jack Raine
Cutter
Pat Williams
Cutter
Crew
Details
Original Language
en
Country
United Kingdom
Production
Gainsborough Pictures
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