Return to Dresden

In 1945, Great Britain and the United States organized a bombing raid that devastated the ancient city of Dresden. This short documentary returns exactly 40 years after its destruction and celebrates its renaissance with the re-opening of one of the most beautiful opera houses in Europe. One guest at this gala was the Canadian navigator of one of the bomber planes, returning to Dresden on a mission of peace that brought him face-to-face with the people who were once his enemies.

Cast

Earl Pennington

Narrator

Frances Hyland

Narrator

Erich Honecker

Self - Addresses Peace Activists

Winston Churchill

Self (speech) (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)