The Killing Fields (1984)
Here, only the silent survive.
Starring Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, Craig T. Nelson
Directed by Roland Joffé
The real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four years, until Pol Pot's regime was toppled by the intervening Vietnamese in 1979.
Runtime: 142 min.
Rating: 7.5
DVD
Languages: ,English,French,Russian
Countries: United Kingdom
Genres: Drama,History,War
Keywords: civil war,journalist,based on novel or book,photographer,1970s,vietnam,cambodia,killing fields,red khmer,pol pot,pulitzer prize,embassy,based on a true story,genocide
Cast
Sydney Schanberg
Dith Pran
Major Reeves, Military Attache
Alan 'Al' Rockoff, Photographer
Dr. Sundesval
Jon Swain
United States consul
Dr. MacEntire
Dougal
Ser Moeum: Dith Pran's wife
Titony: Dith Pran's son
Sarun, Sydney's Driver
U.S. Military Advisor
Phat: Khmer Rouge leader: 2nd village
Phat's Son
Ambassador Wade
France
Morgan
Beth
TV Interviewer
Schanberg's Sister
Schanberg's Father
Noaks
Mrs. Noaks
Sirik Matak
Arresting Officer
K.R. Cadre - First Village
Sahn
Rosa