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One Man's War (1982 film)
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Wikipedia article
'One Man's War' is a 1982 French documentary film directed by Edgardo Cozarinsky. It is about the occupation of France during World War II and juxtaposes newsreel footage with excerpts from the journals of the German writer and military officer Ernst Jnger, who was stationed in Paris during the war. Niels Arestrup narrates the film.
Release
The film was screened at the 1982 New York Film Festival. It was released in France on 6 April 1983 and the United States on 24 February 1984.
Reception
Janet Maslin wrote in 'The New York Times': "Although it includes some grisly shots of wartime casualties, the film does not concentrate on brutality per se. It pays much more attention to the process by which French and Germans alike may have tried to ascribe normality to abnormal situations. ... 'One Man's War' may not reveal much that is new, but it casts familiar observations in a newly disturbing light." 'Time Out' wrote that "'One Man's War' brings World War II into focus not with the lying lens of the deadpan documentary, but through a series of highly original techniques which gain all the more brilliance by their obliqueness".
References
Category:1982 films
Category:Documentary films about World War II
Category:Ernst Jnger
Category:Films based on non-fiction books
Category:French documentary films
Category:1980s French-language films
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