In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

מאז ראה כילד את בעלות הברית מפציצות את הכפר בו גדל, תמיד חלם דנגלר דיטר להיות טייס. בגיל 18 הוא נסע לאמריקה והתגייס לצבא ארה"ב, זמו מה לאחר מכן הוא הופל מעל וייטנאם ונלקח בשבי. וורנר הרצוג (פיצקרלדו), מתלווה אליו לג??ונגלים של וייטנאם כדי לספר את הסיפור על בריחתו הנועזת. הסרט זכה בפרסים רבים.

A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and he is actually a look-alike actor named Frank Welney.

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the US after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?

A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.

A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.

A U.S. Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton leading a plane sortie into North Vietnam was shot down and captured as a POW. For 8 years of his life, he was a prisoner at Hanoi Hilton where he and other POWs were tortured. In a press conference, being forced by the North Vietnamese to say he was being treated well he blinked out the letters TORTURE in Morse code.

Colditz Castle was a maximum security prison from which no one was meant to escape... but escape they did. Take a fresh look at the legendary escapes, featuring stories from both Colditz survivors and their extended families.