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Ballad of the Little Soldier (German: Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten) is a 1984 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and Denis Reichle about child soldiers in Nicaragua. The film focuses on a group of Miskito Indians who used children soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas .
Drawing a bead on the plight of child soldiers sent to fight the Sandinistas in 1980’s Nicaragua, Herzog, accompanied by French-German journalist Denis Reichle, aims his camera toward the ravaged youths forced to fight the wars of men.
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Apr 3, 1985 · 46m. IMDb RATING. 7.3 /10. 1K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Documentary War. The film focuses on a group of Miskito in Nicaragua who used child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas. Directors. Werner Herzog. Denis Reichle. Writers. Werner Herzog. Denis Reichle. Stars. Werner Herzog. Denis Reichle. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING.
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- Documentary, War
- Werner Herzog, Denis Reichle
- 1985-04-03
Jul 31, 2014 · This 45-minute piece produced in conjunction with Herzog’s friend Denis Reichle, a wartime photographer, is devastatingly depressing but powerful. Still, I’m not sure it could stand as a feature, simply because it is such an upsetting peek into a dark, dark side of the world, that in which children are turned into soldiers.
Nov 1, 2021 · Werner Herzog and French-German photojournalist Denis Reichle travelled to the jungles of northern Nicaragua to make this mid-length documentary about the plight of child soldiers. The film chronicles the Indigenous Miskito people and their resistance to control by central governments of any political stripe.
Directed by Werner Herzog and Denis Reichle, “Ballad of the Little Soldier” is a short documentary about child soldiers in Nicaragua. It´s a depressing, tragic, and harrowing portrayal of loss of youth and innocence.
