86990
86990

Let There Be Light

1946-12-16
7.39
en 58m
DocumentaryWar
The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film follows patients and staff during their treatment. It deals with what would now be called PTSD, but at the time was categorised as psychoneurosis or shell-shock. Government officials deemed this 1946 film counterproductive to postwar efforts; it was not shown publicly until 1981.

Director

John Huston

Writer

John Huston

Original Music Composer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Editor

William Reynolds

Writer

Charles Kaufman

Editor

Gene Fowler Jr.

shell shock

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • U.S. Army Pictorial Services

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