For Freedom (1940)
1h 27m
Running Time
May 4, 1940Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Will Fyffe
Chief
Anthony Hulme
Steve
E. V. H. Emmett
Ted / Commentator
Albert Lieven
Fritz
Guy Middleton
Pierre
Hugh McDermott
Sam
Maurice Elvey
Director
Arthur Goullet
Ivan
Castleton Knight
Director
Leslie Arliss
Writer
Engineer Angel
Himself - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa
Miles Malleson
Writer
Edward Black
Producer
Patrick Dove
Himself - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell
Arthur Crabtree
Cinematographer
J.E.T. Harper
Narrator
Aubrey Jenkins
Himself - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star
First Officer Murphy
Himself - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa
Charles Pottinger
Himself - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea
Jack Raine
Cutter
Bill Russell
Adolf Hitler
Terry-Thomas
News reader
Engineer Walker
Himself - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa
Millicent Wolf
Secretary
Details.
Wiki.
For Freedom is a 1940 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and Castleton Knight. It was made largely for propaganda purposes during the Second World War. It features Will Fyffe, Guy Middleton, and Terry-Thomas. Through its blending of fiction and documentary it was similar to The Lion Has Wings produced by Alexander Korda's London Films.
The film portrays the early events of the war, particularly the Battle of the River Plate, from the point of view of a British newsreel production company.