Prisoners of War, Part One - The Barbed Wire Front
DocumentaryHistoryWar
Examines the treatment of prisoners of war early in the 20th century. From capture to interrogation and internment, the fate of thousands of WWI prisoners was determined by their captors off the battlefield.
Director
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Writers
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Stars
Charlton Heston, Dwight Messimer, Robert C. Doyle
🎭 Top Cast
Charlton Heston
as Self - Narrator
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Dwight Messimer
as Self - Author 'Escape'
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Robert C. Doyle
as Self - Author 'Voices From Captivity'
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Lew Carlson
as Self - 'We Were Each Other's Prisoners'
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Mark Seaman
as Self - Historian, Imperial War Museum
Louis Zamperini
as Self - POW in Japan, WWII
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Norman Crockatt
as Self - MI9 Head
Francisco Franco
as Self
Hermann Göring
as Self
Hirohito
as Self
🎬 Technical Specs
Production
Documedia Group, The Documedia Group, The Documedia Group
🏷️ Keywords
world war onehague conventionchivalryloss of controluncertainty
🎯 Categories
DocumentaryHistoryWar
📖 Synopsis
Examines the treatment of prisoners of war early in the 20th century. From capture to interrogation and internment, the fate of thousands of WWI prisoners was determined by their captors off the battlefield.