Let There Be Light
The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film follows patients and staff during their treatment. It deals with what would now be called PTSD, but at the time was categorised as psychoneurosis or shell-shock. Government officials deemed this 1946 film counterproductive to postwar efforts; it was not shown publicly until 1981.
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Let There Be Light is a 1946 American documentary film by John Huston portraying soldiers suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder .
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- Director
- John Huston
- Starring
- Walter Huston
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