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Let There Be Light(Movie, 1946)

58min | Genres: Documentary, War
Let There Be LightRating: 3.7/5 (with 1818 votes)
Let There Be Light—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 four films directed by Huston while serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. The film was produced in 1946 and was intended to educate the public about post-traumatic stress disorder and its treatment among returning veterans, but its unscripted presentation of mental disability caused the U.S. government to suppress the film, and it was not released until the 1980s. ()
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About Let There Be Light

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.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL)
Status: Released
Release date US: 12/16/1946
Director: John Huston
Producer: John Huston
Screenwriter: John Huston
Film Editor: William H. Reynolds
Director of Photography: Stanley Cortez
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Que la lumiere soit"
Keywords: shell shock
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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