Andersonville (1996)
The great untold story of the American Civil War.
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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Jarrod EmickJosiah Day
Frederic ForrestSgt. McSpadden
Ted MarcouxMartin Blackburn
Carmen ArgenzianoHopkins
Frederick CoffinCollins
Cliff DeYoungSgt. John Gleason
William H. MacyCol. Chandler
William SandersonMunn
Matt McGrathEthan
Jan TřískaCap. Henry WirzKeywords
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What is Andersonville about?
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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Andersonville has a runtime of 167 minutes.
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