High Explosive

original title:
High Explosive
other titles:
Mission explosive, (High Explosive - Flucht aus der Todeszone)
country / year of production:
South Africa , Great Britain , Canada / 2000 (x)
original length:
95 min. , color
premiere:
11 January 2001
genre:
action
based on:
director:
Timothy Bond
film script:
Peter Jobin , Harry Alan Towers
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cast (role):
Patrick Bergin , Désirée Nosbusch
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plot synopsis:
This film takes place in Angola and deals with an ex-officer of the US army, who is clearing mines for the UN. He is supported by a woman, who is a German doctor and helps to heal wounded people. When armistice is broken, they try to flee with the help of a plane. But the plane is shot down and so they have to make their way to Namibia through the land of the enemy .
keywords:
mines , behind enemy lines , doctors in war , wound, injury , women during wartime , escape
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Was filmed on location in Zimbabwe.
availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD