Ballad of the Little Soldier

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Ballad of the Little Soldier
Opening shot of the film.
Directed by	Werner Herzog
Produced by	Lucki Stipetić
Starring	Denis Reichle
Music by	Isidoro Reyes Paladino Taylor
Cinematography	Jorge Vignati
Editing by	Maximiliane Mainka
Release date(s)	1984
Running time	45 minutes
Language	English
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Ballad of the Little Soldier (German: Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten) is a 1984 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog about children soldiers in Nicaragua. The film focuses on a group of Miskito indians who used children soldiers in their resistance against the Sandanistas.

Herzog made the film at the request of his friend Denis Reichle, who himself served as a soldier in the Volkssturm at age fourteen in the aftermath of World War II.^[1] The film is often cited as Herzog's most explicitly political, though Herzog denies that he had any specific statement on the politics of the Sandanistas. Herzog has said that the film is about child soldiers, and could have been made in any of several countries where child soldiers exist.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Herzog, Werner (2001). Herzog on Herzog. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-20708-1. 

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