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Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges (1989)

| Documentary , War | 13 November 1991 (USA)
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Documentary examines the 'blind spot' of the evaluators of aerial footage of the IG Farben industrial plant taken by the Americans in 1944.

Director:

Harun Farocki

Writer:

Harun Farocki

Stars:

Ulrike Grote, Harun Farocki
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Documentary examines the 'blind spot' of the evaluators of aerial footage of the IG Farben industrial plant taken by the Americans in 1944.

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