For Freedom
1940 · 87 min
Drama · War
★ 7.0Made 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.
Crew
- Director Maurice Elvey
- Director Castleton Knight
Cast
Will Fyffe
Chief
- A
Anthony Hulme
Steve
- E
E. V. H. Emmett
Ted / Commentator
Guy Middleton
Pierre
Albert Lieven
Fritz
Hugh McDermott
Sam
- A
Arthur Goullet
Ivan
- B
Bill Russell
Adolf Hitler
- J
J.E.T. Harper
Narrator (voice)
- P
Patrick Dove
Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell
- C
Charles Pottinger
Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea
- F
F.M. Murphy
Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa
Crew
- Director — Maurice Elvey
- Director — Castleton Knight
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