De van oorsprong Nederlandse fotograaf Charles ‘Chas’ Gerretsen werd in de jaren 70 plotseling wereldberoemd met zijn toentertijd nog kleine oeuvre. Avonturier vanaf jonge leeftijd en voorheen oorlogsfotograaf, werd hij door Francis Ford Coppola op grond van zijn oorlogservaringen uitgenodigd als setfotograaf voor de film Apocalypse Now. Deze documentaire vertelt het verhaal van Gerretsen zelf en bevat meer dan honderd foto's van onder andere Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper en Martin Sheen en toont beelden van deleted scenes.

In the 1970s, Dutch photographer Charles ‘Chas’ Gerretsen suddenly became world famous with his then small oeuvre. Privateer from a young age and former war photographer, he was invited by Francis Ford Coppola to capture everything on the set of Apocalypse Now because of his wartime experiences. Most of his work on the legendary set has never been seen before. Until now. In honor of the 40th anniversary of Apocalypse Now, Rotterdam-based cinema KINO Rotterdam and the Nederlands Fotomuseum joined forces to unearth the archive of Gerretsen and produced a documentary together. The documentary contains an in-depth interview with Gerretsen and more than 100 pictures of the stellar cast including Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper and Martin Sheen. It even features images of deleted scenes.

Bir savaş fotoğrafçısı olarak dünya çapında üne kavuşan Chas Gerretsen, 1976 yılında, Francis Ford Coppola’dan yeni filminin setini fotoğraflaması için bir davet alır. Bu kısa belgesel, Gerretsen’in Apocalypse Now setindeki öyküsünü anlatıyor.