Plot Summary
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.
Full Cast & Characters
Will Fyffe
Chief
Anthony Hulme
Steve
E. V. H. Emmett
Ted / Commentator
Guy Middleton
Pierre
Albert Lieven
Fritz
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
Director & Crew
Maurice Elvey
Director
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For Freedom was directed by Maurice Elvey and released in 1940.
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For Freedom has a runtime of 1 hours and 27 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1940-05-04
- Status
- Released