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The Killing Fields

1985·2h 21m·R
DramaBiographyWarHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 7.8/10
63,796 votes
Metascore
76
Metacritic

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign.

The Killing Fields is a 1985 drama biography movie directed by Roland Joffé, starring John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Sam Waterston. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.8/10 from 63,796 votes and runs 2h 21m.

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Director
Roland Joffé
Stars
John Malkovich
Julian Sands
Sam Waterston
Haing S. Ngor
Creators
Bruce Robinson
Details
1985-02-01
141 min
Movie
R
★ United Kingdom
★ English, Central Khmer, French, Russian
Keywords
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