A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins total
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self - Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force
- (as General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower)
Winston Churchill
- Self
- (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
- Self
- (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
- Self
- (archive footage)
Sam Levene
- Self - Commentator
- (voice)
Bernard L. Montgomery
- Self
- (archive footage)
George S. Patton
- Self
- (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Self
- (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Iosif Stalin)
Richard Attenborough
- Self - Commentator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Paddy Chayefsky
- Commentator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Richard Fallon
- Self
- (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Erwin Rommel
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to director Capt. Garson Kanin, when the movie won the 1945 Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature, the Oscar went to uncredited producer Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Quotes
Commentator: This is our people's story, in their words.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dai-ni-ji sekai taisen (1954)
Featured review
This is a documentary of Victory in Europe starting from before D-day to VE day. The Allied military gathered combat and other military footage to put together their version of the fight from Normandy to Berlin. Eisenhower has a foreword introduction. There are lots of combat footage. Some of them are fairly bloody with dead bodies. They are very compelling and many of the footage have been reused over the years. There are two versions of the ending. One ends simply while the other ends mentioning Japan. I can do without the various people (actors?) doing the narration as a stereotype of each nationality and military unit.
- SnoopyStyle
- Jul 2, 2015
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- Den stora invasionen
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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