About this series
Documentary cycle by Heynowski and Scheumann
All films — in order
1
Devil's Island
Le Quang Vinh, a revolutionary student leader, was arrested in Saigon in August 1961. A show trial and death sentence followed. World-wide protests altered it to “life imprisonment” on Con Son, the Devil’s Island. The humiliating “Tiger-Cages” and the methods of torture are shown.
2
And Then the First Rice
Stories from the first summer after the end of the war in Vietnam
3
I Sincerely Repent
Interviews with former generals of the South Vietnamese Army in the Quang Trung re-education camp, shortly after the end of the Vietnam War.
4
The Iron Fortress
Weeks after the victory in Vietnam, first pictures of a new humanity are captured: old and sick people preparing for their future, children on their way to school.
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