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Let There Be Light is a american film of genre War directed by John Huston released in USA on 16 december 1946 with Walter Huston

Let There Be Light (1946)

Let There Be Light
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Released in USA 16 december 1946
Length 58minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres War,    Documentary
Rating73% 3.694153.694153.694153.694153.69415

Let There Be Light (1946) — known to the U.S. Army as PMF 5019 — is a documentary film directed by American filmmaker John Huston (1906–1987). It was the last in a series of three films directed by Huston while serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II.

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Bouleversant témoignage sur les horreurs de la guerre censuré jusqu’en 1980, Que la lumière soit est aujourd’hui considéré comme l’un des meilleurs films jamais réalisés sur les conséquences psychologiques de la guerre.

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Walter Huston

(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
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