(Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel)

Content: Tracing the past of her deceased grandfather who worked as a young doctor in the Red Cross hospital of HirSwiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig, the granddaughter of a doctor on duty during the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, approaches the experience of her deceased grandfather by tracing the lives of a doctor and of former nurses who once shared the same experience. While gathering the memories and present views of these last survivors, the nuclear disaster in Fukushima strikes and history seems to repeat itself.oshima after the atomic bomb was dropped over the city, the filmmaker encounters doctors and nurses who went through similar experiences to his at the time. Right up until his death in 1991, her grandfather was never able to speak about his experiences, but the formidable stories and openness of her protagonists bring her closer to his past.

Countries:

Finland,

Japan,

Switzerland

Genres:

History,

Documentary

Runtime:

79 minutes

Year:

2015

Directors:

Aya Domenig

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Production companies:

ican films,

SRG SSR,

SRF,

YLE

Actors:

Self

Self - Aya's grandmother

Self - Aya's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)

Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse

Self

Crews:

Director

Editor

Editor

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer