Le cœur et l'esprit

Synopsis

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.

Release date

20 Dec 1974

Directed by

Peter Davis

Runtime

1h 52m

Original title

Hearts and Minds

Cast

CC

Clark Clifford

Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50

JF

John Foster Dulles

Self (archive footage)

GB

Georges Bidault

Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

GC

George Coker

Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73

WR

Walt Rostow

Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson

JW

J. William Fulbright

Self - Senator

RF

Randy Floyd

Self - Former Navy Captain