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Andersonville

1996-03-03 · 167 min · ★ 6.5

War · Drama · TV Movie · History

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.

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Directors
John Frankenheimer
Production companies
Turner Pictures (I), Turner Network Television, Gideon Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jarrod EmickJosiah Day
Frederic ForrestFrederic ForrestSgt. McSpadden
Ted MarcouxTed MarcouxMartin Blackburn
Carmen ArgenzianoCarmen ArgenzianoHopkins
Frederick CoffinFrederick CoffinCollins
Cliff DeYoungCliff DeYoungSgt. John Gleason
William H. MacyWilliam H. MacyCol. Chandler
William SandersonWilliam SandersonMunn
Matt McGrathMatt McGrathEthan
Jan TřískaJan TřískaCap. Henry Wirz

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