Project Detail

The Act of Killing

Synopsis

In a place where killers are celebrated as heroes, these filmmakers challenge unrepentant death-squad leaders to dramatize their role in genocide. The result is a surreal, cinematic journey, not only into the memories and imaginations of mass murderers, but also into a frighteningly banal regime of corruption and impunity (TIFF 2012).

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Features
Running time
115 mins
Director
Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, Anonymous
Producer
Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, Joram ten Brink, Michael Uwemedimo, Anne Köhncke, Torstein Grude
Executive Producer
Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, André Singer, Joram ten Brink
Editor
Niels Pagh Andersen, Janus Billeskov Jansen, Mariko Montpetit, Charlotte Munch Bengtsen, Ariadna Fatjó-Vilas Mestre
Screenwriter
Joshua Oppenheimer
Director of Photography
Lars Skree, Carlos Arango de Montis, Anonymous
Sound
Gunn Tove Grønsberg, Henrik Garnov
Composer
Elin Øyen Vister

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Production Status

Production Company

Final Cut for Real

ApS, Forbindelsesvej 7
2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark
Tel: +45 3543 6043

Sales Company

Final Cut for Real

ApS, Forbindelsesvej 7
2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark
Tel: +45 3543 6043

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