The Angkar

Name: The Angkar
Director: Gerhard Scheumann
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1981-11-24
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Gerhard Scheumann, Jürgen Hentsch, Gerhard Paul, Herbert Sand, Christian Stövesand

HDIMDB: 8.0

The Angkar (1981) is a documentary directed by Gerhard Scheumann rated 8.0/10.

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.

Released: 1981-11-24

Duration: 1h 31m

Genre: Documentary

Country: East Germany

Director: Gerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski

Writer: Gerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski

Cast: Gerhard Scheumann, Jürgen Hentsch, Gerhard Paul, Herbert Sand

Production: Studio H&S