Tunisian Victory
About Tunisian Victory
The film follows the North African campaign from the planning of Operation Torch to the taking of Tunis. Burgess Meredith and Bernard Miles speak as an American soldier and a British soldier. They talk separately until the end, when they agree to work together after the war.
Cast & crew
More about Tunisian Victory
Frank Capra, John Huston, and Hugh Stewart directed. Anthony Veiller wrote it and is also named on the final direction, with Roy Boulting. William Alwyn wrote the music. It was planned as a follow-up to the British film Desert Victory (1943). Most of the American combat footage from Operation Torch was lost when the ship carrying it was sunk. Huston reshot battle and liberation scenes in the United States, including air battles in the Mojave Desert and scenes in Orlando. Wikidata gives 75 minutes. Leo Genn is billed. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, and Erwin Rommel appear in the footage. A copy is on the Internet Archive as TunisianVictory1944.
Themes
Background
Made in 1944 about the 1942–43 campaign in Tunisia, as a partner to Desert Victory.
Making
Huston rebuilt lost Torch footage in the desert and in Florida after the ship went down.
Music
William Alwyn wrote the music.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Operation Acrobat, also in the plan, was canceled.
- Meredith is the American voice. Miles is the British voice.
- The British makers knew some of the battle scenes were restaged.
- Jacques Duchesne and George S. Patton are on the catalog cast list.
Scenes
- The two narrators stay apart until the last reel.
- They meet and talk about the peace.
Influenced by
- Desert Victory (1943)
Also available
- Internet Archive (TunisianVictory1944)
