Strange Victory

Name: Strange Victory
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1948-09-25
Duration: 71 min
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Alfred Drake, Muriel Smith, Gary Merrill, Saul Levitt, Virgil Richardson

Criterion Channel

OVID

6.0(4 votes)

1948

1h 11m

Documentary

Overview

Strange Victory" is about racial bias in post World War II America. Following "Native Land" in Leo Hurwitz' filmography, it uses some of the same techniques: dramatized scenes interspersed with scenes of compilation news reel footage, and scenes of evocative imagery.