For Freedom (1940)

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 (21)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Will Fyffe

Chief

A

Anthony Hulme

Steve

E

E. V. H. Emmett

Ted / Commentator

Guy Middleton

Pierre

Albert Lieven

Fritz

Hugh McDermott

Sam

A

Arthur Goullet

Ivan

B

Bill Russell

Adolf Hitler

J

J.E.T. Harper

Narrator (voice)

P

Patrick Dove

Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell

C

Charles Pottinger

Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea

F

F.M. Murphy

Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa

A

Aubrey Jenkins

Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star

E

Engineer Angel

Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa

E

Engineer Walker

Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa

A

Arthur Denton

Terry-Thomas

News Reader

M

Millicent Wolf

Secretary

Jack Raine

Cutter

P

Pat Williams

Cutter

Miles Malleson

Minor Role

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