The Khmer word “angkar” signifies “organization”. The angkar of the Pol-Pot regime acted upon their own, unwritten laws. Records were discovered in the central interrogation and extermination camp “S21”, the former high school Tuol Sleng in Phnom Penh that document the death of 20.000 people.
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Part of Kampuchea Series
3 films
Cast
12 people
Gerhard Scheumann
Narrator (voice)
Also in
Pilots in Pajamas
The Iron Fortress
Jürgen Hentsch
Narrator (voice)
Also in
The Deathmaker
Die Luftbrücke
Peter Hellmich
Walter Heynowski
Mathias Remmert
Pol Pot
Pol Pot
Gerhard Paul
Narrator (voice)
Also in
Big Night and Big Day
Ilse Radtke
Khieu Samphan
Khieu Samphan
Herbert Sand
Narrator (voice)
Also in
Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen...
Das Erbe des Försters
Ieng Sary
Ieng Sary
Christian Stövesand
Narrator (voice)
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Plantagenstraße 19
Polizeiruf 110
Walter Heynowski Director · Gerhard Scheumann Director Peter Hellmich Cinematographer
First release November 24, 1981 · Produced in XG · Original title Die Angkar
Production
Studio H&S
Production
XG
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Languages
Original title
Die Angkar
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 24, 1981
Leipzig International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
XG
November 24, 1981 · Theatrical
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