For four days, some hundred Vietnam veterans give testimonies on the war and the actions that they had participated in and witnessed, that they had adhered to. One by one, they all plead guilty to ever more crimes and tortures perpetrated by the US army in its fight against Communism. Inimitable, Winter Soldier is a statement film propelled by young war criminals whose stories document the impossible images of how this war to the death was put into practice. Here, Vietnam – the starting point for a world struggle – is unravelled in the intimacy of its crimes, in the cold, precise and irredeemable words of these men who, by deciding to speak out, give voice to their opposition and sometimes perhaps their survival.
Catherine Hass
