The Railway Hotel was used in a film about what Cambodian regime?
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The Railway Hotel, Hua Hin The Railway Hotel is a historic hotel in Hua Hin, Thailand. It was used as the Hotel Phnom Penh in the 1984 film "The Killing Fields".
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The Killing Fields (film) The Killing Fields is a 1984 British biographical drama film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, which is based on the experiences of two journalists: Cambodian Dith Pran and American Sydney Schanberg. It was directed by Roland Joffé and produced by David Puttnam for his company Goldcrest Films. Sam Waterston stars as Schanberg, Haing S. Ngor as Pran, Julian Sands as Jon Swain, and John Malkovich as Al Rockoff. The adaptation for the screen was written by Bruce Robinson; the musical score was written by Mike Oldfield and orchestrated by David Bedford.
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Chaktomuk Conference Hall Chaktomuk Conference Hall (Khmer: សាលសន្និសីទចតុមុខ , French: "Salle de conference Chaktomuk" ) was built by Vann Molyvann in the 1960s and completed in 1961 when Cambodia was still free and peaceful. The 570-seat auditorium's structure was inspired by an unfolded hand-held fan as Chaktomuk Hall flares out like a hand-held fan. The hall, on the banks of the Tonlé Sap river in Phnom Penh, is still in use as a performance space. Previously known as La Salle de Conférence Chaktomuk, it was earmarked for redevelopment as a restaurant in 1991. However, it was brought back into use as a theatre in 1994 following the devastating fire at the National Theatre. In 2000, the Chaktomouk Conference Hall was completely refurbished, mainly to provide international-standard facilities for conferences. The hall is still in use as a performance space. The hall was completely abandoned during the Khmer Rouge regime. In 1979, the People's Republic of Kampuchea decided to try the former Khmer Rouge leaders in absentia in the hall. Nowadays, it is used to accommodate hundreds of people on occasions such as government conferences and cultural events.
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Hotel Le Royal Hotel Le Royal is a luxury five star boutique hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The hotel is located at 92 Rukhak Vithei Daun Penh, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Daun Penh District. It was first established in 1929, and in its early heyday enjoyed an international clientele comprising globetrotters and adventurers, writers and journalists, royalty and dignitaries. It is today operated by the Raffles Hotels & Resorts.
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Panhjapor Tevi Panjapor Tevi is a 1972 Cambodian film adapted from the Chinese tale Sophik Eng Tai. The film is directed by Chea Nuk and stars Kong Som Eun and Vichara Dany.
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Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia is a 1989 short documentary film about the people of Cambodia rebuilding after being ruled by Pol Pot and being sent to Killing Fields. The film was directed and produced by Ellen Bruno for her Stanford University master's thesis. In 2012, the National Film Registry selected the film for preservation.
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The Burnt Theatre The Burnt Theatre, or "Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé", is a 2005 French-Cambodian docudrama directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. A blend of fact and fiction, based on the actual lives of the actors, the film depicts a troupe of actors and dancers struggling to practise their art in the burned-out shell of Cambodia's former national theatre, the Preah Suramarit National Theatre in Phnom Penh.
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Khieu Samphan Khieu Samphan (Khmer: ខៀវ សំផន ; born 27 July 1931) is a former Cambodian communist politician who was the chairman of the state presidium of Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) from 1976 until 1979. As such, he served as Cambodia's head of state and was one of the most powerful officials in the Khmer Rouge movement, although Pol Pot remained the General Secretary (highest official) in the party. Khieu Samphan is the second oldest living former Khmer Rouge leader, alongside Nuon Chea. On 7 August 2014, they were convicted and received life sentences for crimes against humanity during the Cambodian Genocide.
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Ghost Banana Tree Ghost Banana Tree (Cambodian title: "Khmoach Daoem Chek Chvia", Khmer: ខ្មោចដើមចេកជ្វា ) is a 2005 film. It is a successful Cambodian horror film based on a Cambodian ghost story about a vengeful ghost woman haunting a banana tree and killing her husband. It's the fourth successful horror film by Campro production, following "ang Neath", "The Forest" and "The Haunted House".
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Interrogation (1982 film) Interrogation (Polish: Przesłuchanie ) is a 1982 Polish film about false imprisonment under the Stalinist pro-Soviet Polish regime in the early 1950s. An ordinary, apolitical woman refuses to cooperate with the abusive system and its officials, who are trying to force her to incriminate a former incidental lover, now an accused political prisoner. It was directed by Ryszard Bugajski. Due to its anti-communist themes, the Polish communist government banned the film from public viewing for over seven years, until the 1989 dissolution of the Eastern Bloc allowed it to see the light of day. The film had its first theatrical release in December 1989 in Poland and was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, where Krystyna Janda won the award for Best Actress and the film itself was nominated for the Palme d'Or.
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Hotel Swooni Hotel Swooni (Dutch: "Swooni" ) is a 2011 Belgian drama film directed by Kaat Beels.
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Pkah Thgall Meas Pkah Thgall Meas (Khmer: ផ្កាថ្កុលមាស) is a 1975 Cambodian drama film. It was a well-known film in Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge.
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Sihanouk Trail The Sihanouk Trail was a logistical supply system in Cambodia used by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and its National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF, or "Viet Cong") allies during the Vietnam War (1960–1975). Between 1966 and 1970, this system operated in the same manner and served the same purposes as the much better known Ho Chi Minh Trail (the Truong Son Road to the North Vietnamese) which ran through the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos. The name is of American derivation, since the North Vietnamese considered the system integral to the supply route mentioned above. U.S. attempts to interdict this system began in 1969.
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Don't Think I've Forgotten Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll is a 2015 documentary film about Cambodian rock music in the 1960s and 1970s, before the Khmer Rouge regime and Cambodian Genocide.
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Khmer language Khmer or Cambodian (natively ភាសាខ្មែរ ] , or more formally ខេមរភាសា ] ) is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia. With approximately 16 million speakers, it is the second most widely spoken Austroasiatic language (after Vietnamese). Khmer has been influenced considerably by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious registers, through Hinduism and Buddhism. The more colloquial registers have influenced, and have been influenced by, Thai, Lao, Vietnamese, and Cham, all of which, due to geographical proximity and long-term cultural contact, form a sprachbund in peninsular Southeast Asia. It is also the earliest recorded and earliest written language of the Mon–Khmer family, predating Mon and by a significant margin Vietnamese, due to Old Khmer being the language of the historical empires of Chenla, Angkor and, presumably, their earlier predecessor state, Funan.
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MOULINAKA The MOULINAKA (Mouvement pour la Liberation Nationale du Kampuchea; Movement for the National Liberation of Kampuchea) was a pro-Sihanouk military organization formed in August 1979 by an armed group on the Thai-Cambodian border.
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Horror films of Cambodia Horror films in Cambodia, first popular in the 1970s, have received renewed attention in Cambodian film making since the resurgence of the local industry in 2003. Horror is one of three popular genres into which most Cambodian films can be loosely grouped, the other two being period pieces and melodrama/romantic drama. The fledgling Cambodian industry of the mid 2000s looked to capitalize on the world-wide popularity of Japanese horror films which have heavily influenced Cambodian horror films. Common themes are ghost or spirit hauntings, possession, folk mythology and revenge by supernatural means. The storytelling takes a slower pace than Western horror and relies on suspense, a pervasive sense of doom and dread, and psychologically disturbing events and situations. Unlike its Japanese counterparts however, many Cambodian horror films also feature over the top gore as seen in Western horror.
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Khao-I-Dang Khao-I-Dang Holding Center was a Cambodian refugee camp located 20 km north of Aranyaprathet in Prachinburi (now Sa Kaeo) Province of Thailand. The most enduring refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border, it was established in late 1979 and administered by the Thai Ministry of the Interior and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) -- unlike other camps on the border, which were administered by a coalition made up of UNICEF, the World Food Program, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (briefly) and, after 1982, the United Nations Border Relief Operation (UNBRO).
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Mam Nai Mam Nai or Mam Nay, "nom de guerre" Comrade Chan is a war criminal and former lieutenant of Santebal, the internal security branch of the Khmer Rouge communist movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. He was the leader of the interrogation unit at Tuol Sleng (S-21), assisting Kang Kek Iew (Comrade Duch), the head of the camp where thousands were held for interrogation, torture and subsequent killing.
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The Train (1973 film) The Train (French: "Le Train" ) is a 1973 Franco–Italian film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Georges Simenon.
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The Snake King's Wife The Snake Man (Khmer: ពស់កេងកង ; " Puos Keng Kang"; Thai: งูเก็งกอง ; rtgs: "Ngu-kengkong" ) is a 1970 Cambodian drama horror film based on a Cambodian myth about a snake goddess, starring the most well-known Khmer actress of the era, Dy Saveth and Chea Yuthorn, who became popular in Thailand after the film's release. The film was directed by a Chinese Cambodian director, Tea Lim Koun who experienced unprecedented success as a result of the film and is known today as one of the fathers of Khmer Cinema.
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Dith Pran Dith Pran (Khmer: ឌិត ប្រន ; 27 September 1942 – 30 March 2008) was a Cambodian photojournalist best known as a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian genocide. He was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film "The Killing Fields" (1984). He was portrayed in the film by first-time actor Haing S. Ngor (1940–1996), who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.