One Minute to Zero

original title:
One Minute to Zero
other titles:
Korea
country / year of production:
USA / 1952
original length:
105 min. , black/white
premiere:
August 1952
genre:
melodrama
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director:
William Taylor Garnett
film script:
William Wister Haines , Milton Krims
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cast (role):
Robert Mitchum , Ann Blyth , William Talman
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plot synopsis:
This film deals with an American commander, who is supposed to evacuate civil refugees during the Corean War. During his mission he gets into conflict between human and military duties.
keywords:
escape , civilians , occupation , behind enemy lines , battle-fatigue , expulsion
war:
Korean War (1950-1953)
literature:
Peter Lowe: The origins of the Korean War. London: Longman, 1986. ISBN: 0-582-49278-5

Karl-Heinz Schmick: Der Koreakrieg im politischen Spannungsfeld der Weltmächte USA, Sowjetunion und China. Frankfurt a.M.: Fischer, 1979. ISBN: 3-88323-077-4
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availability:
VHS NTSC