Release Date

24 Jan, 1982

Runtime

01:54: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

An unconventional essay film that interrogates the visual and ideological legacy of the Vietnam War. Blending staged scenes, archival footage, photographs, and philosophical dialogue, the film follows various characters — including an American soldier captured by North Vietnamese villagers — as they reflect on violence, memory, and image-making. Set partly in West Berlin and partly in reconstructed spaces representing Vietnam, the film avoids traditional dramatic narrative in favor of a fragmented montage of voices, documents, and reenactments. Interweaving love stories, political debate, and historical commentary, Farocki creates a critical reflection on how war is represented, seen, and imagined, both in cinema and in public consciousness. The result is a complex meditation on images as weapons and instruments of perception.

Original Title

Etwas wird sichtbar

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Actors

Bruno Ganz

Inga Humpe

Hanns Zischler

Anna Mandel

Marcel Werner

Ernst Helter

Minf HuToMo

Jeff Layton

Ronny Tanner

Hartmut Bitomsky

Rainer Homann

Olaf Scheuring

Michael Wagner

Manfred Lindlbauer

Klaus Henrichs

Ingrid Oppermann

Elfriede Irrall

Frank Arnold

Jacques Thiti

Ursula Hoffmann

Nannette Lorraine Schumacher

Crew

Harun Farocki

Manfred Blank

Rolf Müller

Markus Spies

Ursula Lefkes

Johannes Beringer

Ebba Jahn

Ingo Kratisch

Wolf-Dieter Fallert