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.
二戰末期,上等兵水島製作了一把緬甸豎琴,和戰友們一起以音樂來解除戰爭所帶來的苦惱。他所在的部隊被英軍通知戰爭已經結束,他們被押往緬甸戰俘收容所。 水島自願去三角山說服另一支不相信日本已經投降而仍然頑強抵抗的日軍,但他們不聽,以致遭到英軍猛烈的炮擊。受傷的水島被緬甸僧侶所救,途中他看到日本士兵屍橫遍野,心靈受到極大的震動,於是決心獨自留在緬甸,削髮為僧,為死去的日本士兵祈禱,也為自己的心靈尋找安息之所。
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.