Snipers Alley

original title:
Snipers Alley
country / year of production:
Germany / 2002
original length:
14 min. , color
premiere:
5 June 2002, Emden Film Festival
genre:
Short film
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director:
Rudolf Schweiger
film script:
Jan Lüthje
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cast (role):
Sebastian Ströbel , Leopold Hornung , Catherine H. Flemming
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plot synopsis:
The film deals with a sniper, who ambushes civilists. Two UNO soldiers witness him shooting on a woman and hurting her badly. Instead of following the order, they follow him.
keywords:
civilians , ambush , UN soldiers , insubordination , women during wartime , shell shock
war:
Yugoslav Wars (1991-1999)
literature:
Sven Bernhard Gareis: Die Vereinten Nationen: Aufgaben, Instrumente und Reformen. Opladen: Budrich, 2006. ISBN: 3-8252-8328-3
remarks:
Won the "Emden Short Film Award" in 2002 and the "Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Award" in 2003.
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