Forum of European Cinema: THE GEORGIAN UPRISING (THE RUSSIAN WAR) back |
60 min, DigiBeta, colour
During World War II, a group of 800 Georgian prisoners of war joined the German army and were put to work by the Germans on the Dutch island of Texel. A hard, but tolerable, existence; until they were told that they were to be sent to the Western Front to fight in the German army. "We decided it would be better to fight to the death there," is how one of the Georgians, who survived the imprisonment and uprising, sums up the general feeling at the time. The life-or-death struggle - which initially went well - had far-reaching consequences, also for the population of Texel. The Germans sent a large detachment of troops to the island to crush the uprising, leading to the deaths of not only many Georgians, but also many islanders.
Filmography
2009 The Georgian Uprising (The Russian War)
2008 Nobody tells me what to believe
2006 Tainted Revolution
2004 Amsterdam - Kosovo
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Director: Arnold van Bruggen
Cinematography: Rogier Timmnermans
Music: Big Orange
Editing: Patrick Janssens
Sound: Gideon Bijlsma, Nika Paniashvili, Willem de Wijs
Production:
Arnold van Bruggen for Prospektor, Gela Kandelaki
Witte de Withstraat 32-hs
1057 XZ Amsterdam
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