...and the father stayed in the war. Encounter with Syrian orphans

...and the father stayed in the war. Encounter with Syrian orphans

48 mins | Documentary, History | June 19, 1990

Director Junge was commissioned by the GDR in the country for the first time in the summer of 1970; his film In Syria auf Montage accompanies German engineers who train workers in the Homs textile factory. Shortly after filming ended, Hafez al-Assad put himself under the dictator. Twenty years later emerged ... the father stayed in the war over a youth club with Syrian orphans in Bad Saarow, whose fathers had died in the Lebanon war and accompanied them to Syria, where they were housed in separate, elite "schools of martyr children". Multi-faceted documents that oscillate between peaceful and tense, hopeful and unsettled.

...and the father stayed in the war. Encounter with Syrian orphans

48 mins | Documentary, History | June 19, 1990

...and the father stayed in the war. Encounter with Syrian orphans
Director Junge was commissioned by the GDR in the country for the first time in the summer of 1970; his film In Syria auf Montage accompanies German engineers who train workers in the Homs textile factory. Shortly after filming ended, Hafez al-Assad put himself under the dictator. Twenty years later emerged ... the father stayed in the war over a youth club with Syrian orphans in Bad Saarow, whose fathers had died in the Lebanon war and accompanied them to Syria, where they were housed in separate, elite "schools of martyr children". Multi-faceted documents that oscillate between peaceful and tense, hopeful and unsettled.
Producers DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Original title ...und der Vater blieb im Krieg. Begegnung mit syrischen Waisen
Directors Winfried Junge
Writers Barbara Junge, Winfried Junge

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