For Freedom (1940)

7.0/10 87 min Drama War

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.

Cast

Will Fyffe

Chief

Guy Middleton

Pierre

Albert Lieven

Fritz

Hugh McDermott

Sam

Terry-Thomas

News Reader

Jack Raine

Cutter

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