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Let There Be Light
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7.3The 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.
Released: 1946-12-1658 minDir: John HustonDocumentary, War
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Cast
- Walter Huston as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Themes
- shell shock
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
1,998 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
- Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 58 min
- Genres
- Documentary, War
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 1 win
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Named after
- Let there be light
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- mental health
- Director
- John Huston
- Screenwriter
- John Huston
- Cast member
- Walter Huston
- Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Producer
- John Huston
- Cinematographer
- Stanley Cortez
- Duration
- 58
- FilmAffinity ID
- 194394
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Lettherebehuston.jpg
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- publication date
- 1946-01-01
- title
- Let There Be Light
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Let There Be Light (film)
- film editor
- William H. Reynolds
- review score
- 7.9/10
- different from
- Let There Be Light
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