Top cast:Francis X. Bushman,Dorothy Phillips,Frank Dayton
Director:Lije Sarki
Genre:Crime
Region:Germany
Year:2011
Storyline:"Hand maidens from Ishtar""s Temple of Love and Laughter" dance through the opening, introducing the great statue which is pulled by many men on a platform - burning incense fills the air with smoke." When Saito accuses the workers of sabotage and threatens shooting them, Clipton points out to Saito how gunning the soldiers down would violate his own set of principles, illustrating how the Japanese colonel is caught in a no-win dilemma - he will lose face if the bridge is not completed by the rigid deadline, and he will also lose face if he accedes to Nicholson""s demands:Saito: Enlisted prisoners sabotaged the work.He had been supported by US money and advisors only a few years earlier to fight against Communist insurgents, with illegally supplied weapons despite a Congressional ban.The film chronicles unforgettable scenes of suffering endured during the Cambodian bloodbath (known as "Year Zero") hat killed 3 million Cambodians, when the courageous and indomitable Dith Pran endures the atrocities of the Pol Pot regime and is captured by the communist Khymer Rouge and punished for befriending the Americans.