General Information

Original Title

En Minister krydser sit spor

Author/Creator

Holmstrup, Ulrik, director.

Language

English.

Published

Denmark : DR TV ; SVT ; Net-Production ; Vesterholt Film, 2000.

Physical Description

VHS (59 min.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

While the war in Bosnia is over, the aftermath still resonates among its victims. This documentary follows the odyssey of one Danish woman from the comforts of the Danish ministry in Copenhagen to the heart of Bosnia to investigate a hideous war crime. In her position as the Danish Minister of the Interior, Birte Weiss was compelled to deny entry to many who were fleeing atrocities in the former Yugoslavia. Yet, she could not forget the heart wrenching accounts of the refugees seeking asylum. She resolved to step down as Minister to conduct an investigation into a particular massacre that had been described to her. She journeys to Bosnia and presides over the grim ordeal of exhumation of a mass grave. Relentlessly she pursues the Serb responsible for giving the orders to shoot over 200 people. To her amazement, he turns out to be the mild mannered former principal of the local school. This man had ordered the execution of his former students, yet he was not the embodiment of evil she expected.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation

A Minister Backtracks

Note

Duration: 00:59:00

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
VHS	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0936	Available	-	-