Vietnam 1: Devil's Island
(Vietnam 1 – Die Teufelsinsel)
GDR, 1976, 65 min, color
In German; no subtitles
Vietnam 1 - Die Teufelsinsel @ DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
Heynowski, Walter |
Scheumann, Gerhard |
Heynowski, Walter |
Scheumann, Gerhard |
Radtke, Ilse |
Donth, Horst |
Goldner, Winfried |
Hellmich, Peter |
Ortega, Sergio |
Studio H&S |
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Synopsis
The first of another series of Vietnam documentaries by filmmaking team Heynowski and Scheumann, Devil's Island focuses on the South Vietnam prison Co Son. The film is primarily an interview with Le Quang Vinh, a revolutionary student leader, who was imprisoned there since his arrest in 1961. The visual shows the prisoners' “Tiger-Cages” and the other instruments of torture used by the South Vietnamese and French who had run the prison.