Dieppe 1942
| Dieppe 1942 | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Timothy Findley William Whitehead |
| Directed by | Terence Macartney-Filgate |
| Music by | Rick Wilkins |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Terence Macartney-Filgate |
| Cinematography | Charles Stewart |
| Editor | Thomas Berner |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production company | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | November 11, 1979 |
Dieppe 1942 is a Canadian television documentary film, directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate and broadcast on CBC Television in 1979.[1] An examination of Canada's role in the Dieppe Raid of World War II, the film was written by Timothy Findley and William Whitehead.
The three-hour film was broadcast in two 90-minute parts on November 11 and 12, 1979.[1]
The film received seven Genie Award nominations at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980,[2] for Outstanding Documentary - 30 Minutes and Over, Direction in a Non-Feature Documentary (Macartney-Filgate), Non-Dramatic Script (Findley, Whitehead), Cinematography in a Non-Feature Documentary (Charles Stewart), Sound in a Non-Feature (Alex Taylor, Michael Lax and Austin Grimaldi), Editing in a Non-Feature (Thomas Berner) and Musical Score in a Non-Feature (Rick Wilkins). It did not win any of the awards.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "37 years later, CBC stirs on Dieppe raid". The Globe and Mail, November 10, 1979.
- ^ "Terence Macartney-Filgate". The Canadian Encyclopedia, November 14, 2010.
- ^ "NFB, Brittain dominate TV Genie awards". The Globe and Mail, March 20, 1980.
External links
[edit]- Dieppe 1942 at IMDb
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