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 burmai fronton is vereséget szenvedő japánok egy csoportja 1945 nyarán megpróbál a hegyeken át eljutni Thaiföldre. Felderítőjük egy közlegény, Mizushima, aki burmainak öltözve, burmai hárfán játszva jelzi a többieknek, ha tiszta a levegő... A burmai hárfa új hangot ütött meg a japán antimilitarista filmek sorában. Hiszen itt nem annyira pacifizmusról van szó, még csak nem is a japán hősiesség és elszántság megtagadásáról egy értelmetlen helyzetben, hanem egy emberről, aki a néző szeme láttára válik harcosból békét hirdető szerzetessé, hárfája pedig katonai jelzőkészülékből vigaszt nyújtó hangszerré...
Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.
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.
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.
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.
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.