Andersonville (1996)
The great untold story of the American Civil War.
Starring Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux
Directed by John Frankenheimer
This lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes of a company of Union soldiers captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, in June 1864, and shipped to the camp in southern Georgia. A private, Josiah Day, and his sergeant try to hold their company together in the face of squalid living conditions, inhumane punishments, and a gang of predatory fellow prisoners called the Raiders.
Runtime: 167 min.
Rating: 6.7
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama,History,TV Movie,War
Keywords: prison,war crimes,prisoner of war,prison escape,prison brawl,union soldier,confederate soldier,american civil war
Cast
Josiah Day
Sgt. McSpadden
Martin Blackburn
Hopkins
Collins
Sgt. John Gleason
Col. Chandler
Munn
Ethan
Cap. Henry Wirz