Andersonville

“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.

Director

John Frankenheimer

Screenplay

David W. Rintels

Music

Gary Chang

Status

Released

Release date

03/03/1996

Original language

English