For Freedom

For Freedom

Release date : May 4, 1940
Runtime : 1h 27m
Countries of origin : United Kingdom /
Original Language : English /
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Production companies : Gainsborough Pictures /
May 4, 1940 1h 27m United Kingdom Drama English More
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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.
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E. V. H. Emmett
Ted / Commentator
Engineer Angel
Himself - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa
Patrick Dove
Himself - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell
J.E.T. Harper
Narrator
Aubrey Jenkins
Himself - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star
Miles Malleson
Minor Role
First Officer Murphy
Himself - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa
Charles Pottinger
Himself - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea
Jack Raine
Cutter
Bill Russell
Adolf Hitler
Terry-Thomas
News reader

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  • title:For Freedom
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1940
  • Runtime:1h 27m
  • Genres: Drama · War ·
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Castleton Knight / Maurice Elvey /
  • Writers:
  • Production companies: Gainsborough Pictures ·
  • 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.
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