Overview:
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.Status: | Released (1996-03-03) |
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Awards: | Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 3 wins & 10 nominations total |
Screen: | David W. Rintels |
Productions: | Turner Pictures (I), Turner Network Television, Gideon Productions |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 96441: Jarrod Emick - Josiah Day
- 8351: Frederic Forrest - Sgt. McSpadden
- 157053: Ted Marcoux - Martin Blackburn
- 28413: Carmen Argenziano - Hopkins
- 28416: Frederick Coffin - Collins
- 44301: Cliff DeYoung - Sgt. John Gleason
- 3905: William H. Macy - Col. Chandler
Crews
- 13776: John Frankenheimer - Director - Directing
- 58083: David W. Rintels - Writer - Writing
- 1353942: Diane Batson-Smith - Co-Producer - Production
- 13776: John Frankenheimer - Executive Producer - Production
- 58083: David W. Rintels - Producer - Production
- 1353943: Lansing L. Smith - Producer - Production
- 993543: Ethel Winant - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
And what do you call this little piece of heaven? The American Civil War, and Union soldiers are imprisoned at Andersonville, a crude stockade establishment presided over by the inept and cruel Captain Henry Wirz. It would prove to be a another dark and soul destroying chapter fro ....
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