...and the father stayed in the war. Encounter with Syrian orphans

...and the father stayed in the war. Encounter with Syrian orphans 1990 Directed by Winfried Junge ...und der Vater blieb im Krieg. Begegnung mit syrischen Waisen

Director Junge was commissioned by the GDR in the country for the first time in the summer of 1970; his film In Syria auf Montage accompanies German engineers who train workers in the Homs textile factory. Shortly after filming ended, Hafez al-Assad put himself under the dictator. Twenty years later emerged ... the father stayed in the war over a youth club with Syrian orphans in Bad Saarow, whose fathers had died in the Lebanon war and accompanied them to Syria, where they were housed in separate, elite "schools of martyr children". Multi-faceted documents that oscillate between peaceful and tense, hopeful and unsettled.

Country Germany

Production Countries East Germany , Germany

Language German

Spoken Language German

Gneres Documentary , History

Production Company DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme

Release Date 19 June 1990

48 mins