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.

　　1945年7月，东南亚的战事接近尾声，一队日本士兵行进在撤往泰国的途中。上等兵水岛（三国连太郎 饰）在音乐学院出身的队长指挥下，用自学来的竖琴鼓舞士气，抚慰战士忧伤的思绪，后更以音乐为媒介，同接受他们投降的英国士兵达成了心灵上的沟通。水岛接到任务，去劝降一队负隅顽抗的日本士兵，然而那些战士拒绝接受天皇的命令，最终全部战死，侥幸存活的水岛被一名缅甸老僧所救，他偷走了对方的僧衣，在前往战俘营的路上掩埋日军尸体，到达战俘营的水岛目睹英国人为战友举行的葬礼，若有所悟，于是赶回来路，去埋葬那些因为自己畏惧而弃之不顾的同胞遗骸。水岛的战友们相方设法打探他的下落，最后被水岛告知，自己还有没完成的责任……

　　本片获1956年《电影旬报》年度十佳第五位、威尼斯电影节圣乔治奖。

　　赫尔佐格一部受到广泛称赞的纪录片。关于一个为美国空军在越南当飞行员的德国人，却成了寮国战俘的真实故事。

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.

1944年1月，一群韩国学生以革命为名加入一个驻扎在日本名古屋的运输部队，其中阿路云和李卢友逐渐成为反抗总督的领军人物。部队里的老兵经常勒令阿路云去做舔食粘有粪便的鞋底或模仿狗叫等非人行为。日本人更以“这些要求是日军50年来的传统”为由百般虐待他们。阿路云和李卢友对此蛮行不屑一顾。阿路云偶然邂逅一名日本女子秀子，并与之相爱，抓紧所有时间见面。阿路云告诉秀子自己在军队任职，得到秀子的款待。但是秀子的母亲却极力反对她们的婚事。尽管两人被泼了冷水，仍然举行了婚礼。美军空袭之前，阿路云逃出军队，在枪林弹雨的道路上陷入彷徨。战事过后，军队和都市一片废墟。日军以保守国家机密为由，禁止亲属认领阵亡士兵的尸体，并决定进行集体火化。群众义愤填膺，从火堆中抢救出尸体辨认。就在这时，阿路云的尸体渐渐浮现在秀子的眼前……

科尔迪茨城堡是一座戒备森严的纳粹战俘营，没有人能从中逃脱，但他们做到了。重新审视科尔迪茨幸存者及其大家庭的传奇逃生之旅。

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.