Attack on the Rainbow Warrior (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Attack on the Rainbow Warrior |
| Original title | The Rainbow Warrior |
| Country of production | United States , New Zealand |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1993 |
| length | 93 minutes |
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| Director | Michael Tuchner |
| script |
Martin Copeland , Scott Busby |
| production | Sam Strangis |
| music |
Steve Tyrell , Paul Buckmaster |
| camera | Warrick Attewell |
| cut | Noel Rogers |
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Attack on the Rainbow Warrior (original title: The Rainbow Warrior , also: The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior ) is an American-New Zealand coproduction from 1993 . The German premiere of the television film took place on May 24, 1993 on ZDF .
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The documentary drama with Sam Neill and Jon Voight in the leading roles is based on the true story of the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior , the then flagship of the environmental organization Greenpeace on July 10, 1985 in the New Zealand port of Auckland . The Rainbow Warrior , commanded by Captain Peter Willcox , was anchored there in order to later protest against the French nuclear tests taking place there in the exclusion zone around the Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia . The film records the investigation of the New Zealand Police (led by New Zealand Police Inspector Alan Galbraith) into what happened to the ship and who was responsible for the attack. In the course of the investigation, it turns out that a command from the French secret service was behind the explosion that killed the Dutch photographer of Portuguese descent Fernando Pereira . It is also illuminating that the attack was officially approved by the French.