Return to Dresden

Return to Dresden

27 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1986

In 1945, Great Britain and the United States organized a bombing raid that devastated the ancient city of Dresden. This short documentary returns exactly 40 years after its destruction and celebrates its renaissance with the re-opening of one of the most beautiful opera houses in Europe. One guest at this gala was the Canadian navigator of one of the bomber planes, returning to Dresden on a mission of peace that brought him face-to-face with the people who were once his enemies.

Return to Dresden

27 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1986

Return to Dresden
In 1945, Great Britain and the United States organized a bombing raid that devastated the ancient city of Dresden. This short documentary returns exactly 40 years after its destruction and celebrates its renaissance with the re-opening of one of the most beautiful opera houses in Europe. One guest at this gala was the Canadian navigator of one of the bomber planes, returning to Dresden on a mission of peace that brought him face-to-face with the people who were once his enemies.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Return to Dresden
Directors Martin Duckworth
Writers Allan Brown, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

Cast

Earl Pennington

as Narrator

Frances Hyland

as Narrator

Erich Honecker

as Self - Addresses Peace Activists

Winston Churchill

as Self (speech) (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)