Duch, le maître des forges de l'enfer (2011)
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A documentary questions former S21 chief Duch about his responsibility for the deaths of thousands under the Khmer Rouge.
The story
Kang Kek Ieu, known as “Duch,” led the S21 detention center in Phnom Penh from 1975 to 1979, during the Khmer Rouge regime. Thousands of victims died there. After being sentenced to 35 years in prison by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Duch awaits the appeal in his trial. Filmmaker Rithy Panh questions him about his responsibility, while the documentary also draws on archival footage and testimony from former torturers.
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Portraits of detainees in the former S21 detention center, now the Tuol Sleng Museum. Kang Kek Ieu, known as “Duch,” was in charge of the S21 center in Phnom Penh from 1975 to 1979, where thousands of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime died. Sentenced to 35 years in prison by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, he is questioned by Rithy Panh about his responsibility while awaiting the appeal in his trial. Alongside this encounter, the documentary includes archive footage and other testimonies from former torturers.
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