Bitter Victory (1957 film)

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Bitter Victory (1957 film) is a 1957 British-American war drama directed by Nicholas Ray that explores moral ambiguity and personal conflict among officers during a World War II desert mission.

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instanceOf film
awardReceived FIPRESCI Prize at Venice Film Festival
linked to: FIPRESCI Prize
basedOn novel by René Hardy
blackAndWhite true
castMember Anthony Bushell
Christopher Lee
Curt Jürgens
Nigel Green
Raymond Pellegrin
Richard Burton
Ruth Roman
cinematography Michel Kelber
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
United States
depicts British Army officers
North African campaign
director Nicholas Ray
distributor Columbia Pictures
editor Ken Adam
filmingLocation Cyrenaica
Libya
genre psychological drama
war drama
hasPart desert commando raid sequence
nighttime infiltration of German headquarters
hasTheme adultery
command responsibility
cowardice and courage
mainCharacter Captain Jimmy Leith
Major David Brand
musicBy Maurice Leroux
narrativeFocus moral ambiguity
personal conflict between officers
notableFor exploration of psychological conflict in war
originalLanguage English
producer Paul Graetz
publicationDate 1957
releaseEvent 1957 Venice Film Festival
runtime approximately 102 minutes
screenwriter Gavin Lambert
Nicholas Ray
setting Libyan desert
World War II
title Bitter Victory

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