{"id":58367,"date":"2017-03-11T22:23:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T21:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.troeller-deffarge.com\/?page_id=58367"},"modified":"2022-06-25T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T10:06:10","slug":"alone-against-the-mighty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.troeller-deffarge.com\/en\/movies\/in-the-name-of-progress\/alone-against-the-mighty\/","title":{"rendered":"Alone against the Mighty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eritrea. 1977<\/p><p>Since 1961 the Eritrean People&#8217;s Liberation Front (EPLF) has been fighting the illegal annexation of the country by Ethiopia, whose Emperor, Haile Selassi, needed the strategically important coastal region. It was landlocked Ethiopia&#8217;s only access to the Red Sea. Initially the Emperor was supported by the United States of America. Later, when he was overthrown by a leftist military coup in 1974 the same policy continued &#8211; now, however, with military support from the Soviet Union. After the transfer of power in Ethiopia, other socialist states withdrew their support for the Eritrean cause. The Eritreans were now alone in their battle for independence.<\/p><p>a film by Gordian Troeller and Marie-Claude Deffarge<br>original title: Allein gegen die Gro\u00dfen<br>camera: Gordian Troeller<br>sound: G\u00e9rard Chaliand, Uwe Gesing<br>editor: Ingeburg Forth<br>colour<br>43 minutes<\/p><p>This film only exists in the German version.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.troeller-deffarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/NamenDesFortschritts12-AlleingegendieGro\u00dfen.pdf\">Download the script<\/a><\/p><div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/handpicked-products\" data-edit-mode=\"false\" data-products=\"[64454]\" class=\"wc-block-grid wp-block-handpicked-products wc-block-handpicked-products has-3-columns has-multiple-rows\"><ul class=\"wc-block-grid__products\"><li class=\"wc-block-grid__product\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.troeller-deffarge.com\/en\/film\/allein-gegen-die-grossen\/\" class=\"wc-block-grid__product-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troeller-deffarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Allein-gegen-die-Gro\u00dfen-allein.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Allein gegen die Gro\u00dfen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.troeller-deffarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Allein-gegen-die-Gro\u00dfen-allein.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.troeller-deffarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Allein-gegen-die-Gro\u00dfen-allein-15x20.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-title\">Allein gegen die Gro\u00dfen<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wc-block-grid__product-price price\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\">15,00&nbsp;<span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&euro;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button wc-block-grid__product-add-to-cart\"><a href=\"?add-to-cart=64454\" aria-label=\"In den Warenkorb legen: \u201eAllein gegen die Gro\u00dfen\u201c\" data-quantity=\"1\" data-product_id=\"64454\" data-product_sku=\"\" data-price=\"15\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"wp-block-button__link  add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart\">In den Warenkorb<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eritrea. 1977 Since 1961 the Eritrean People&#8217;s Liberation Front (EPLF) has been fighting the illegal annexation of the country by Ethiopia, whose Emperor, Haile Selassi, needed the strategically important coastal region. It was landlocked Ethiopia&#8217;s only access to the Red Sea. Initially the Emperor was supported by the United States of America. 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