Apokalypse Vietnam - Der Krieg in Indochina

original title:
Apokalypse Vietnam - Der Krieg in Indochina
other titles:
(Apocalyse Vietnam - The War in Indochina)
country / year of production:
Germany / 2000
original length:
180 min. , color
premiere:
30 April 2000
genre:
Documentary
based on:
director:
Sebastian Dehnhardt , Jürgen Eike , Wolfgang Wegner
film script:
Sebastian Dehnhardt , Jürgen Eike , Wolfgang Wegner
producer:
Ulrich Brochhagen
cinematographer:
Peer Horstmann
editor:
composer:
cast (role):
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plot synopsis:
Five part documentation on the Vietnam War.
1st part: Cold War Battlefield
2nd part: The American Crusade
3rd part: The War of the Vietcong
4th part: The Long Road to Peace
5th part: The Scars of War
keywords:
made-for-TV film , colonialism , authenticity , war correspondent , post-war era
war:
Vietnam War (1946-1975)
literature:
Wolfgang Schneider. Apokalypse Vietnam. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag. 2001. 224 p.

James H. Willbanks (Hrsg.): The Vietnam War. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2006. ISBN: 0-7546-2559-1

Marc Frey: Geschichte des Vietnamkriegs: Die Tragödie in Asien und das Ende des amerikanischen Traums. München: Beck, 1999. ISBN: 3-406-42078-8
remarks:
For the first time film archive in Hanoi and Saigon were searched systematically. Material shot by Vietnames front cameramen, most of which unknown in the west, was integrated offering new perspectives on the history of a war whose pictures were almost exclusively provided by western media.
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