Death in Focus

Death in Focus

Death in Focus

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Death in Focus

1989

1h 14m

1.0(1 votes)

Horror

War

Crime

Overview

Death in all it's faces and stages. From the horrors of Buchenwald to the devastation of Hiroshima. From the political assassinations of the second half of the 20th century to the bloody feeding frenzy of the pythons of Burma. Burned on to the screen like napalm victims of Vietnam. Followed by "Death in Focus" part 2.

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10 members

Acting

Ne Win

President Burma

Ne Win

Acting

Paul Tibbets

Pilot & aircraft commander

Paul Tibbets

Acting

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Acting

Karl-Otto Koch

Commander KZ Buchenwald

No Image

Acting

Hermann Pister

Commander KZ Buchewald

No Image

Acting

Reinhard Heydrich

Self (archive footage)

Reinhard Heydrich

Acting

Adolf Eichmann

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Eichmann

Acting

Leslie Groves

Lieutenant General/ Engineer

Leslie Groves

Acting

Louis Fieser

Harvard scientist

No Image

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Robert Patterson

US Secretary of War

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