A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong (1992)
The Valour and the Horror
1992 · 1h 40m · Documentary, War
Genres: Documentary, War
The documentary, using the dramatization of fact, makes the case that the Canadian government knowingly sent two unprepared infantry battalions to help defend Hong Kong in late 1941, fully aware that they may have been on a doomed mission.
Director: Brian McKenna
Writers: D'Arcy O'Connor, Terence McKenna, Brian McKenna
Cinematography: Neville Ottey
Editor: Alfonso Peccia
Cast
Terence McKenna as NarratorAndrew Tarbet as John PayneDavid Hewlett as Walter JenkinsGreg Spottiswood as John StroudBrooke Johnson as Kay ChristieMartin Julien as Les CanivetAndrew Miller as Ike FriesenJeremy Ratchford as Fred ReichRobert Clayton as Self (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)Robert Manchester as Self (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (as Bob Manchester)More like this
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