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Armed With Mercy

Armed With Mercy, Bulgaria, 2006, 54 min, Beta SP, DVD, History, Human Rights, Social Issues
A documentary about 100 years long history of the Bulgarian military medics that helped the suffering people at times of war and disaster. Like during the Russian-Japanese war in 1912 also nowadays in the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
True story of those who have lived the pain, compassion, hope and gratitude of other nations visualized with film and video archive and lot of personal photographs from their missions abroad. The film stresses on the personal experience of the medics, which manifests humanity even in the hardest time of war and disaster.
Director:
Snejana Stoycheva
Director of photography:
Svetla Neykova
Screenplay:
Grisha Trifonov
Editor:
Svetla Neykova
Music:
Mariana Valkanova
Producer:
Snejana Stoycheva
Languages:
Bulgarian
Subtitles:
English
VAYA Production House 29 Slavyanska str.
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone:
+359 298 065 26
Fax:
+359 298 065 26
VAYA Production House 29 Slavyanska str.
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone:
+359 298 065 26
Fax:
+359 298 065 26
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