S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine

S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
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Directed byRithy Panh
Written byRithy Panh
Produced byCati Couteau
Dana Hastier
Aline Sasson
Liane Willemont
StarringChum Mey
Vann Nath
CinematographyPrum Mesa
Rithy Panh
Edited byIsabelle Roudy
Marie-Christine Rougerie
Music byMarc Marder
Distributed byInstitut national de l'audiovisuel
First Run Features
Release date
  • 17 May 2003 (2003-05-17) (France)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCambodia/France
LanguageKhmer/Vietnamese

S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (French: S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge) is a 2003 documentary film directed by Rithy Panh. Rithy, himself a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, brought together two former prisoners of the regime with their former captors at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the former Security Prison 21 (S-21) under the Khmer Rouge.