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Jun 11, 2019 · Perhaps the best answer is provided by that reel of silent footage shot by Samuel Fuller with a 16mm Bell & Howell camera when his infantry unit (‘The Big Red One’) liberated a concentration camp in the Czechoslovakian town of Falkenau during May 1945.
Nov 5, 2010 · Falkenau, the Impossible [Falkenau, Vision de L’Impossible] (1988) Starring Samuel Fuller. Directed by Emil Weiss. Expectations: High. I have been eagerly anticipating watching this since I reviewed The Big Red One a couple months back.
Falkenau, the Impossible. Directed by Emil Weiss. French and English with English subtitles. French documentarian Emil Weiss returns with Fuller to the site of the Falkenau concentration camp in former Czechoslovakia, which Fuller had helped to liberate forty years earlier.
Documentary stems from 1945, when infantryman Sam Fuller, member of the U.S. Army's "Big Red One," helped liberate the Nazis' Falkenau death camp. Fuller shot footage of his commanding officer's… Falkenau, the Impossible (1988) directed by Emil Weiss • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd
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This dtems from 1945, when infantryman Sam Fuller, member of the U.S. Army's "Big Red One," helped liberate the Nazis' Falkenau death camp. Fuller shot footage of his commanding officer's marching Czech locals, who denied knowing of the genocide, out from town to view the horrors of the death house. 40 years later, French documentary filmmaker ...
All of this was captured on film by Fuller. It's a powerful story and, thanks to Fuller's 21 minutes of silent film footage, and the film constructed around it, FALKENAU THE IMPOSSIBLE (1988), we get to see the documentary evidence of it, the first time this footage was shown to anybody. We see the entire 21 minutes, preceded by Fuller giving ...
Overview. Documentary stems from 1945, when infantryman Sam Fuller, member of the U.S. Army's "Big Red One," helped liberate the Nazis' Falkenau death camp.
