The Valour and the Horror
A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperienced battalion of the Canadian Black Watch Regiment launched a doomed attack and was defeated with heavy casualties by veteran German SS troops. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.
10
Cast members loaded
8
Alive
2
Deceased
80.0%
Still living
Showing 10 of 10 loaded cast members.
as Narrator
AliveBirth date not on record.
as interviewer
DeceasedBorn: January 18, 1945
Died: January 17, 2017
Age at death: 71
as Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Joseph Le Boutillier
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Guy Simonds
AliveBorn: March 24, 1952
Age: 74
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
as German Officer
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Donald Pearce
DeceasedBorn: April 29, 1946
Died: April 4, 2011
Age at death: 64
as Kurt Meyer
AliveBorn: November 19, 1949
Age: 76
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
as Harry Foster
AliveBirth date not on record.