Your Neighbour's Son (1981)
1h 5m
Running Time
December 26, 1981Release Date
Your Neighbour's Son (1981)
1h 5m
Running Time
December 26, 1981Release Date
Plot.
The film documents the conversion of young Greek Military Police (ESA) recruits into torturers and touches on the subject of the power of the institution to compel otherwise moral human beings to torture. The documentary examines the processes and methods of the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.
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Cast & Crew.
Simon Patroklos
Michalis Petrou
Self
Jorgen Flindt
Director
Erik Stephensen
Director
Alexander Gruszynski
Cinematography
Erik Stephensen
Director
Peter Englenson
Editor
Ebbe Preisler
Producer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
greece
cold war
greek
torture
human rights
greek military junta
Wiki.
Your Neighbor's Son: The Making of a Torturer (Danish: Din nabos søn or Din nabos soen) is a documentary or docudrama directed by Jørgen Flindt Pedersen and Erik Stephensen in two versions, 1981 and 1983. The film documents the conversion of young Greek Military Police (ESA) recruits into torturers during the military junta known as the Regime of the Colonels that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. The film touches on the power of the institution to compel otherwise moral human beings to torture.