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"The World at War" The Desert: North Africa - 1940-1943 (TV Episode 1973) Poster

(TV Series)

(1973)

Full Cast & Crew

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Peter Batty ... (writer)

Cast (in credits order)  

Laurence Olivier ... Self - Narrator (voice)
Paola Colacicchi Paola Colacicchi ... Self - Italian Army (as Paolo Colacicchi)
David Belchem David Belchem ... Self - Western Desert Force (as Gen. David Belchem)
Richard O'Connor Richard O'Connor ... Self - Commander - Western Desert Force (as Gen. Sir Richard O'Connor)
Francis de Guingand Francis de Guingand ... Self - Military Intelligence - Cairo / Montgomery's Chief of Staff (as Gen. Sir Francis De Guingard)
Siegfried Westphal Siegfried Westphal ... Self - Afika Korps - Rommel's Chief of Staff (as Gen. Siegfried Westphal)
Lawrence Durrell ... Self - British Press Officer - Cairo
Allan Francis Harding Allan Francis Harding ... Self - Commander - 7th Armoured Division (as Field Marshal Lord Harding)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Claude Auchinleck Claude Auchinleck ... Self - C-in-C Middle East Command 1941-42 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winston Churchill ... Self - P.M. of the U.K. (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Cunningham Alan Cunningham ... Self - Commander 8th Army 1941 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bernard L. Montgomery ... Self - Commander 8th Army (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini ... Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Neil Ritchie Neil Ritchie ... Self - Commander 8th Army 1941-42 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Erwin Rommel ... Self - Commander, Afrika Korps (archive footage) (uncredited)
Haile Selassie ... Self - Emperor of Ethiopia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Archibald Wavell Archibald Wavell ... Self - C-in-C Middle East Command 1940-41 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Peter Batty ... producer
Jeremy Isaacs ... series producer

Music by 

Carl Davis

Editing by 

Beryl Wilkins

Production Management 

Liz Sutherland ... unit manager

Art Department 

Lester Halhed ... graphics

Sound Department 

Nola Schiff ... dubbing editor
Freddie Slade ... dubbing mixer

Editorial Department 

Alan Afriat ... supervising editor

Script and Continuity Department 

Jerome Kuehl ... script associate

Additional Crew 

Roger Chinery ... laboratory liaison
Raye Farr ... film research
Michael Fox ... film research
Noble Frankland ... historical advisor
Isobel Hinshelwood ... researcher
Susan McConachy ... researcher
Antonio Pinto Marques ... production staff (uncredited)

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