For Freedom
1940 | 87m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Castleton Knight, Maurice Elvey |
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| Writer: | |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 04, 1940 |
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| Director: | Castleton Knight, Maurice Elvey |
| Writer: | |
| Genres: | War |
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| Production Companies | Gainsborough Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Will Fyffe | Chief |
| Anthony Hulme | Steve |
| E. V. H. Emmett | Ted / Commentator |
| Guy Middleton | Pierre |
| Albert Lieven | Fritz |
| Hugh McDermott | Sam |
| Arthur Goullet | Ivan |
| Bill Russell | Adolf Hitler |
| J.E.T. Harper | Narrator (voice) |
| Patrick Dove | Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell |
| Charles Pottinger | Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea |
| F.M. Murphy | Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa |
| Aubrey Jenkins | Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star |
| Engineer Angel | Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa |
| Engineer Walker | Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa |
| Arthur Denton | |
| Terry-Thomas | News Reader |
| Millicent Wolf | Secretary |
| Jack Raine | Cutter |
| Pat Williams | Cutter |
| Miles Malleson | Minor Role |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| R. E. Dearing | Editor |
| Arthur Crabtree | Camera Operator |
| Castleton Knight | Director |
| Louis Levy | Music |
| Leslie Arliss | Script |
| Maurice Elvey | Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Edward Black | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
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