Movie, 1948

Strange Victory

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

6.8, 71 min, Documentary, United States of America

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.