Principles at War
Five years ago the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, igniting a war of extraordinary ferocity.
Two years ago David Jessel reported from the Afghanistan border on the remarkable achievements of International Red Cross negotiators there: Afghan guerrilla leaders were being successfully persuaded to spare the lives of their
Soviet captives, and hand them over to the Red Cross for safe keeping.
Today, however, the guerrilla leaders have tired of a deal which moves
Soviet soldiers to safety in Switzerland but does nothing for their own fighters held in the dungeons of Soviet-occupied Kabul. In this updated report
Everyman follows the Red Cross's struggle to keep victims of this bloody conflict alive, examines the future for the prisoners of both sides, and talks to one man who has survived imprisonment and escape.
On its first showing the film was described by The
Observer as 'moving and perceptive', The Guardian as 'unique', the Daily Mirror 3 as 'astounding', the Daily
: Express as 'compelling' and The Times as 'gripping'. Film editor MICHAEL ALOOF
Series producer DANIEL WOLF Producer COLIN CAMERON (Revised repeat)