Rent Normandy: The Great Crusade (1994)
3.8 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
Available on video for the very first time, Discovery Channel's feature-length, highly acclaimed documentary film 'Normandy: The Great Crusade' offers one of the finest-ever accounts of D-Day and the battle for Normandy. The scale of the campaign was truly awe-inspiring. The great armada, which took the Allied invasion force across the Channel, was the largest sea fleet the world had ever seen - in excess of 6,000 ships. Over twelve and a half weeks in the summer of 1944, two million men fought first on the beaches and then in the fields of Normandy. 100,000 were killed and a further 300,000 wounded. 'Normandy: The Great Crusade' provides a uniquely personal account of the battles and campaigns by bringing to life the personal letters and journals of those who fought - and sometimes died - on D-Day and in the weeks beyond. Here are the first hand accounts of British officers and men and American paratroopers and tank crews. Here too are the accounts of German soldiers manning the sea wall, Hitler Youth soldiers fighting around Caen and French civilians caught up and trapped in the fighting. Their vivid and unforgettable stories are illustrated by the pick of front line combat footage, private photographs and even the radio broadcasts of the time, including Bob Hope commenting on the invasion. - Actors:
- Danny Ashkenasi, Peter Basch, Rob Campbell, Charles Duval, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Don Goddard, Karla King Harrison, Adolf Hitler, Bob Hope, Charles King, Bernard L. Montgomery, Erwin Rommel, Robert St.John
- Directors:
- Christopher Koch
- Producers:
- Christopher Koch, Susan Koch
- Voiced By:
- Leslie Caron, Katrin Cartlidge, Mariel Hemingway, Marco Hofschneider, Robert Sean Leonard, Joanna Pacula, Barbara Garrick, Zach Grenier, Roger Grunwald, John Benjamin Hickey, Simon Jones, Olek Krupa, Peter Kybart, J.C. MacKenzie, Sebastian Roché, Josh Stamberg, Chic Streetman, Jill Tasker, Robert Mason Ward, Steve Zahn
- Narrated By:
- Bob Hope
- Writers:
- Christopher Koch, Gary Westphalen
- Studio:
- Discovery Channel
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
