Return to Dresden (1986)

Return to Dresden

1986

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Martin Duckworth

Cast

Earl Pennington as Narrator

Erich Honecker as Self - Addresses Peace Activists

Frances Hyland as Narrator

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

Crew

Jean-Pierre Lachapelle (Director of Photography)

Martin Duckworth (Editor)

Jacques Vallée (Producer)