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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