The Ode to Joy

The Ode to Joy

135 mins | Drama, War, History, Music | June 17, 2006

Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.

The Ode to Joy

135 mins | Drama, War, History, Music | June 17, 2006

The Ode to Joy
Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Tokyo FM Broadcasting Company, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Toei Company, Ltd., tv asahi, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd.
Original title バルトの楽園
Directors Masanobu Deme
Writers Motomu Furuta

Cast

Ken Matsudaira

as Matsue

Bruno Ganz

as Kurt Heinrich

Hiroshi Abe

as Iko

Jun Kunimura

as Takagi

Oliver Bootz

as Carl Baum

Kostja Ullmann

as Herman Lake

Suzuka Ohgo

as Shio