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In the King of Prussia is a British film of genre Documentary directed by Emile de Antonio released in USA on 13 february 1983 with Martin Sheen

In the King of Prussia (1983)

In the King of Prussia
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Released in USA 13 february 1983
Length 1h30
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Rating63% 3.172823.172823.172823.172823.17282

In the King of Prussia is a 1983 film directed and written by Emile de Antonio. The film reconstructs the events of the 1980s "Plowshares Eight." The group of anti-war activists were charged with the September 1980 destruction of nose cones designed for nuclear warheads at the Re-Entry Division of the General Electric Space Technology Center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The members of the Plowshares Eight, including Daniel Berrigan and Philip Berrigan, played themselves while actors played the roles of jurors, lawyers and police; Martin Sheen played the role of the judge in this shot-on-video feature.



^ "'King of Prussia,' With Berrigan Brothers," New York Times, February 13, 1983

^ Time Out review

^ "Emile de Antonio Interviews Himself: In the King of Prussia," University of California Press, 1982

Synopsis

Le film reconstitue des événements qui se sont passés dans les années 1980 quand les membres d'un groupe d'activistes anti-guerre, les « Huit de Plowshares » (Plowshares Eight) ont été accusés en septembre 1980 de la destruction de cônes d'ogives nucléaires à la Division Re-Entry du Centre des technologies spatiales de General Electric à King of Prussia, en Pennsylvanie.

Actors

Martin Sheen

(Judge Samuel Salus II)Susan Lynch

(activiste catholique)
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