The Inextinguishable Fire

The Inextinguishable Fire

★ 6.2IMDb Score
Released:1969-07-26
Duration:22 min
Country:Germany
Director:Harun Farocki
Actors:Harun Farocki, Caroline Gremm, Gerd Volker Bussäus, Hans-Peter Krüger, Ingrid Oppermann
Production:Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

Overview:

An austere treatise on the military-industrial complex that produces napalm.

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