In the King of Prussia

In the King of Prussia
Directed byEmile de Antonio
Written byEmile de Antonio
Produced byEmile de Antonio
Edited byMark Pines
Music byJackson Browne, Graham Nash
Release date
  • February 13, 1983 (1983-02-13) (New York City)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Budget$275,000

In the King of Prussia is a 1983 film directed and written by Emile de Antonio. The film reconstructs the events of the 1980s "Plowshares Eight". The group of anti-war activists were charged with the September 1980 destruction of nose cones designed for nuclear warheads at the Re-Entry Division of the General Electric Space Technology Center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.[1][2] The members of the Plowshares Eight, including Daniel Berrigan and Philip Berrigan, played themselves while actors played the roles of jurors, lawyers and police; Martin Sheen played the role of the judge in this shot-on-video feature.[3]

  1. ^ "'King of Prussia,' With Berrigan Brothers," New York Times, February 13, 1983
  2. ^ "Time Out review". Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
  3. ^ "Emile de Antonio Interviews Himself: In the King of Prussia," University of California Press, 1982