For Freedom

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.

Release Date: May 04, 1940

Status: Released

Genres:

Drama

War

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Cast

Will Fyffe

Will Fyffe

Chief

Anthony Hulme

Steve

E. V. H. Emmett

Ted / Commentator

Guy Middleton

Guy Middleton

Pierre

Albert Lieven

Albert Lieven

Fritz

Hugh McDermott

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