Schnappschüsse vom Krieg

original title:
Schnappschüsse vom Krieg
country / year of production:
Germany / 2005
original length:
45 min. , color
premiere:
13 May 2005, WDR
genre:
Documentary
based on:
Tony Vaccaro. Entering Germany: 1944 - 1949. Köln: Taschen, 2001.
director:
Malcolm Dixelius , Christian Schulz
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plot synopsis:
This documentary deals with the US soldier Tony Vaccaro, who took part in the landing in the Normandy in 1944. With an official permission he took about 4000 shocking photos. By showing the hell of war on his pictures, he showed the senselessness of fighting.
keywords:
behind enemy lines , trench warfare , media , journalism , propaganda , battle-fatigue
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Winfried Mönch: Entscheidungsschlacht "Invasion" 1944?: Prognosen und Diagnosen. Stuttgart: Steiner, 2001. ISBN: 3-515-07884-3

Cornelius Ryan: Der längste Tag: Normandie, 6. Juni 1944. Frankfurt a.M.: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verl., 1984. ISBN: 3-596-21727-X
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