| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (46 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
004559 |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Werner Herzog, Denis Reichle |
| Event |
Originally produced by Shout Factory in 1984. |
| Summary |
In this complex documentary from one of the most iconic voices of the German New Wave, Werner Herzog follows the child soldiers of Nicaragua during the Miskito resistance against the Sandinistas. True to Herzog form, this film ultimately illustrates the futility and senselessness of such violence.. Drawing connections to co-Director Denis Reichle's experiences serving as a child soldier towards the end of WWII, BALLAD OF THE LITTLE SOLDIER, rather than making a specific political stance on either side of the resistance in Nicaragua, illustrates the unspeakable horror the use of children in combat presents in conflicts all around the world and throughout history.. "BALLAD OF THE LITTLE SOLDIER is not a rabble-rousing film. It's both a lament about the idiotic state or the world and a song in praise of the human spirit...in [this] short, splendid film, Mr. Herzog is scaling the peaks of his own, very personal cinema." - Vincent Canby, The New York Times |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In German |
| Subject |
Military history.
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Latin Americans.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Herzog, Werner, filmmaker.
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Reichle, Denis, filmmaker.
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Shout! Factory (Firm) Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm) Distributor.
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| Music No. |
1954088 Kanopy |
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