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Killing Fields, The

The Killing Fields (1984)

War | 141 minutes
3,73 1.343 votes

Genre: War / Drama

Duration: 141 minuten

Alternative title: Velden des Doods

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Roland Joffé

Stars: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor and John Malkovich

IMDb score: 7,8 (64.136)

Releasedate: 23 November 1984

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The Killing Fields plot

"Here, only the silent survive."

Roland Joffé's drama tells the true story of the friendship between New York Times journalist Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian journalist and interpreter Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), in civil war-torn Cambodia. When the Khmer Rouge takes power, Sydney is forced to leave the country and Dith Pran is jailed. Both men continue to fight to see each other again in the flesh.

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Sam Waterston Sam Waterston

Sydney Schanberg

Haing S. Ngor Haing S. Ngor

Dith Pran

Craig T. Nelson Craig T. Nelson

Major Reeves, Military Attache

John Malkovich John Malkovich

Alan 'Al' Rockoff, Photographer

Athol Fugard Athol Fugard

Dr. Sundesval

Julian Sands Julian Sands

Jon Swain

Spalding Gray Spalding Gray

United States consul

Bill Paterson Bill Paterson

Dr. MacEntire

Graham Kennedy Graham Kennedy

Dougal

Katherine Krapum Chey Katherine Krapum Chey

Ser Moeum: Dith Pran's wife

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