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12 July 2023

RETURN TO DRESDEN

1986 / 28 mins / Canada / English, German

In 1945, Great Britain and the United States organized a bombing raid that devastated the ancient city of Dresden. This short documentary returns exactly 40 years after its destruction and celebrates its renaissance with the re-opening of one of the most beautiful opera houses in Europe. One guest at this gala was the Canadian navigator of one of the bomber planes, returning to Dresden on a mission of peace that brought him face-to-face with the people who were once his enemies. — NFB Canada

DIRECTOR
Martin Duckworth

PRODUCER
Jacques Vallée

WHERE TO WATCH
National Film Board of Canada (stream)

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