Andersonville

Andersonville

167 mins | Drama, War, History, TV Movie | March 3, 1996

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.

Andersonville

167 mins | Drama, War, History, TV Movie | March 3, 1996

Andersonville
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Turner Pictures (I)
Original title Andersonville
Directors John Frankenheimer
Writers David W. Rintels

Cast

Jarrod Emick

as Josiah Day

Frederic Forrest

as Sgt. McSpadden

Ted Marcoux

as Martin Blackburn

Carmen Argenziano

as Hopkins

Frederick Coffin

as Collins

Cliff DeYoung

as Sgt. John Gleason

William H. Macy

as Col. Chandler

Matt McGrath

as Ethan

Jan Tříska

as Cap. Henry Wirz