The Killing Fields (1984)

movie

(59096)

Country: UK
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Release: 1985-02-01
Director: Roland Joffé
Writers: Bruce Robinson
Language: English | French | Central Khmer | Russian
Stars: Sam Waterston , Haing S. Ngor , John Malkovich , Julian Sands , Craig T. Nelson , Spalding Gray , Bill Paterson (I) , Athol Fugard , Graham Kennedy , Katherine Krapum Chey
Runtime: 141 min
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 28 wins & 23 nominations total
AKA: The Killing Fields (Australia) , Polja smrti (Slovenia) , Velden des doods (Netherlands the) , The Killing Fields (South Africa) , The Killing Fields (India) , Los gritos del silencio (Spain) , The Killing Fields (Korea) , Κραυγές στη σιωπή (Greece) , Los gritos del silencio (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , キリング・フィールド (Japan) , The Killing Fields (Singapore) , Поля смерті (Ukraine) , Gyilkos mezők (Hungary) , The Killing Fields (Thailand) , Cánh Đồng Chết (Vietnam) , The Killing Fields - Schreiendes Land , Полетата на смъртта (Bulgaria) , Поља смрти (Serbia) , Terra Sangrenta (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Dödens fält (Sweden) , The Killing Fields (United States of America) , The Killing Fields (United Kingdom) , La déchirure (France, French Republic) , Los gritos del silencio (Peru) , 殺戮戰場 (Taiwan) , The Killing Fields: Los gritos del silencio (Argentina) , Killing Fields - Schreiendes Land (Germany) , Killing Fields - dödens fält (Sweden) , The Killing Fields - Schreiendes Land (Austria) , La déchirure (Canada) , The Killing Fields , Kravges sti siopi (Greece) , Os Gritos do Silêncio (Brazil) , Поля смерти , The Killing Fields (Denmark) , Los gritos del silencio (Mexico) , Kuoleman kentät - The Killing Fields (Finland) , The Killing Fields (Canada) , Dødsmarkene (Norway) , Kuoleman kentät (Finland) , किलिंग फील्ड्स (India) , Câmpurile morţii (Romania) , Mirties laukai (Lithuania) , Pola śmierci (Poland) , Urla del silenzio (Italy)
Plot:
The real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four years, until Pol Pot’s regime was toppled by the intervening Vietnamese in 1979.
IMDB:tt0087553