On Demand

Prisioners of the Moon

1st July 1990, Toronto Airport: an 83 year-old man is arrested for war crimes. Twenty-one years earlier Arthur Rudolph had been the much-honoured linchpin of the first moon landing.

This feature documentary tells the story of the only former Nazi to be stripped of his American citizenship and deported. When he tried to return, his Immigration Tribunal revealed much about the Germans who lead the moon shot, their wartime records, the cover-up that brought them to America, why it took forty years to investigate them, and why none of them were brought to trial.

The film uses archive footage – including original interviews with Rudolph - revelatory witness interviews and courtroom dramatisation to narrate this episode of untold history.

“has a heft that’s given an eerie quality by fine performances, thoughtful direction and a creepy soundtrack by Steve Wickham” The Guardian
“a gripping account of one of the biggest cover ups of the twentieth century”
Irish Examiner

“unveils staggering information and imagery”
The Telegraph