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Amerasia

BR Deutschland 1983-1985 Spielfilm mit Dokumentarteilen

During the Vietnam War, lots of US soldiers fathered illegitimate children with women in Southeast Asia. They often grew up in orphanages, a fate shared by many of these so-called Amerasians. It is the questions of guilt, origin and homeland of these soldiers and children which the film pursues in a semi-documentary manner. In various conversations, GI and Vietnam veteran John Scott meets with people in Thailand who all have to struggle in their own way with the homelessness resulting from this past.

Credits

Director

  • Wolf-Eckart Bühler

Screenplay

  • Wolf-Eckart Bühler

Director of photography

  • Bernd Fiedler

Editing

  • Thomas Balkenhol

Music

  • Terry Allen

Cast

  • John Anderson
    John Scott
  • Gillian Tuyudes Hornett
    Samai
  • Terry Allen
    Himself
  • Surachai Jantimatorn
    Himself
  • Alan Dawson
  • Martin Douglas
  • Srinawk Khamsing
  • Bob Hardisty
  • Paijong Laisakul
  • Jack Shirley

Production company

  • Red Harvest Film Wolf-Eckart Bühler (München)

Producer

  • Wolf-Eckart Bühler

Alle Credits

Director

  • Wolf-Eckart Bühler

Assistant director

  • Paijong Laisakul

Script supervisor

  • Hella Kothmann

Screenplay

  • Wolf-Eckart Bühler

Director of photography

  • Bernd Fiedler

Assistant camera

  • Lek Ploenchit

Still photography

  • Satharn Pairach

Lighting design

  • Satharn Pairach

Title

  • Peter Rosenwanger

Editing

  • Thomas Balkenhol

Sound

  • Martin Müller

Audio mixing

  • Paul Schöler

Music

  • Terry Allen

Cast

  • John Anderson
    John Scott
  • Gillian Tuyudes Hornett
    Samai
  • Terry Allen
    Himself
  • Surachai Jantimatorn
    Himself
  • Alan Dawson
  • Martin Douglas
  • Srinawk Khamsing
  • Bob Hardisty
  • Paijong Laisakul
  • Jack Shirley
  • Ray Brennan
  • Joseph Mayer
  • Porm Somsap
  • Josp Gaines

Voice

  • Nicolas Brieger
  • Kent Doering

Production company

  • Red Harvest Film Wolf-Eckart Bühler (München)

Producer

  • Wolf-Eckart Bühler

Line producer

  • Wolf-Eckart Bühler

Unit production manager

  • Rotraud Kühn

Location manager

  • Satharn Pairach

Production assistant

  • Hella Kothmann

Original distributor

  • Verleihgenossenschaft der Filmemacher (München)

Shoot

    • 15.12.1983 - 10.02.1984: Thailand
Duration:
1098 m, 100 min
Format:
16mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
Fujicolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 02.09.1985, 55847, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 09.08.1987, Bayern 3

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Amerasia

Versions

Original

Duration:
1098 m, 100 min
Format:
16mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
Fujicolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 02.09.1985, 55847, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 09.08.1987, Bayern 3

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
100 min
Format:
DCP 2k, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Mono
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/amerasia_ea43d4a782c65006e03053d50b37753d