Andersonville
- Released on
- Runtime
- 167 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Jarrod Emick
- Frederic Forrest
- Ted Marcoux
- Carmen Argenziano
- Frederick Coffin
- Cliff DeYoung
- William H. Macy
- William Sanderson
- Matt McGrath
- Jan Tříska
Director
- John Frankenheimer
Producers
- David W. Rintels
- Lansing L. Smith
