The Harvest of My Lai

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The Harvest of My Lai

1970

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Filmmaker Marcel Ophuls investigates the massacre of My Lai by U.S. soldiers.

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Georg Armin

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Ingo Eggers

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Eberhard Fechner

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Axel Husner

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Gottfried Kramer

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Günther König

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