Casualties of War

original title:
Casualties of War
other titles:
(Die Verdammten des Krieges)
country / year of production:
USA / 1989
original length:
113 min. , color
premiere:
18 August 1989
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Daniel Lang. Casualties of War. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969.
director:
Brian De Palma
film script:
Daniel Lang , David Rabe
producer:
Fred C. Caruso , Art Linson
cinematographer:
Stephen H. Burum
editor:
Bill Pankow
composer:
Ennio Morricone
cast (role):
Michael J. Fox (Erikkson) , Sean Penn (Meserve) , Don Harvey (I) (Clark) , John C. Reilly (Hatcher) , John Leguizamo (Diaz) , Michael J. Fox , Sean Penn , John C. Reilly , John Leguizamo , Don Harvey (I)
more:
plot synopsis:
During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of them rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier, Eriksson is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.
keywords:
rape , war crimes , execution , based on a true story
war:
Vietnam War (1946-1975)
literature:
Michael Sragow (Ed.). Produced and Abandoned. The Best Films You Have Never Seen. Reviews by Members of National Society of Film Critics. San Fransisco: Mercury House, 1990.
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availability:
VHS, DVD