Diary of a Sergeant
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| Diary of a Sergeant | |
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| File:Diary of a Sergeant 3.jpg Sgt. Harold Russell in Diary of a Sergeant | |
| Directed by | Joseph M. Newman |
| Starring | Harold Russell |
Production company | Army Pictorial Service Signal Corps |
Release date |
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Running time | 22 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Diary of a Sergeant is a 1945 American short film produced by the United States Army Pictorial Service. It stars Harold Russell, who lost his hands in a military training accident in 1944. The film tells the story of his medical rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.[1]
After seeing the film, director William Wyler cast Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Russell received two Academy Awards for his work in the film, becoming the only actor to receive two Oscars for the same role.[2]
References
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[edit | edit source]- Diary of a Sergeant at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Complete film at US National Archives
Categories:
- 1945 films
- 1940s war films
- 1945 short documentary films
- American short documentary films
- American World War II propaganda shorts
- American black-and-white films
- American war films
- Films directed by Joseph M. Newman
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s American films
- English-language short films
- English-language war films
- World War II film stubs