Le Quang Vinh, a revolutionary student leader, was arrested in Saigon in August 1961. A show trial and death sentence followed. World-wide protests altered it to “life imprisonment” on Con Son, the Devil’s Island. The humiliating “Tiger-Cages” and the methods of torture are shown.
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Part of Vietnam Cycle
4 films
Cast
11 people
Klaus Bergatt
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Sonja Stokowy
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Walter Heynowski
Traute Wischnewski
Mathias Remmert
Gerhard Scheumann
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Sergio Ortega
Horst Donth
Peter Hellmich
Ilse Radtke
Winfried Goldner
Walter Heynowski Director · Gerhard Scheumann Director Traute Wischnewski Editor
First release April 28, 1976 · Produced in XG · Languages German, Vietnamese
Production
Studio H&S
Production
DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Production
XG
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Original title
Die Teufelsinsel
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Vietnamese
Release dates
Germany · April 28, 1976
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No release date listed for United States.
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