For Freedom

Overview

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

Will Fyffe

Chief

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Anthony Hulme

Steve

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E. V. H. Emmett

Ted / Commentator

Guy Middleton

Pierre

Albert Lieven

Fritz

Hugh McDermott

Sam

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Arthur Goullet

Ivan

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Bill Russell

Adolf Hitler

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J.E.T. Harper

Narrator (voice)

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Patrick Dove

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

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Charles Pottinger

Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea

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F.M. Murphy

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