Ballad of the Little Soldier
- Ballad of the Little Soldier
Infobox_Film
name = Ballad of the Little Soldier
caption = Opening shot of the film.
director = Werner Herzog
producer = Lucki Stipetić
cinematography = Jorge Vignati
editing = Maximiliane Mainka
starring = Denis Reichle
music = Isidoro Reyes
Paladino Taylor
released = 1984
runtime = 45 minutes
language = English
imdb_id =0086936
"Ballad of the Little Soldier" ( _de. Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten) is a 1984 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog about children soldiers in Nicaragua. The film focuses on a group of Miskito indians who used children soldiers in their resistance against the Sandanistas.
Herzog made the film at the request of his friend Denis Reichle, who himself served as a soldier in the Volkssturm at age fourteen in the aftermath of World War II.[cite book]
last = Herzog
first = Werner
title = Herzog on Herzog
publisher = Faber and Faber
date = 2001
isbn = 0-571-20708-1 ] The film is often cited as Herzog's most explicitly political, though Herzog denies that he had any specific statement on the politics of the Sandanistas. Herzog has said that the film is about child soldiers, and could have been made in any of several countries where child soldiers exist.References
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