Which Historicallly-based documentary was released first, The Silent Historian by Dutch filmmaker Simonka de Jong, or Restrepo, directed by American journalist Sebastian Junger?
The Silent Historian The Silent Historian (original title: "Het zwijgen van Loe de Jong [The Silence of Loe de Jong]") is a 2011 Dutch documentary film by Simonka de Jong, shown as part of the January 2012 New York Jewish Film Festival, presented in partnership with Jewish Museum and Film Society of Lincoln Center.
The Tower of Silence (film) The Tower of Silence (German: Der Turm des Schweigens) is a 1924 German mystic melodrama directed by Johannes Guter and starring Xenia Desni and Nigel Barrie. "The Tower of Silence" is a silent film, and one of the few films by Guter to survive. In 2007 it became the director's first film to be restored for modern audiences.