A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Jonathan Brandis
- Pvt. Lewis P. Wakely
- (scenes deleted)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaFormer teen hearthrob Jonathan Brandis hoped to revive his stalled career after being cast in a serious, dramatic role in the film. He was reportedly devastated when almost all of his scenes were removed in the final cut. He fell into a deep depression, began drinking heavily, and killed himself the next year.
- GoofsThe film's geography is convoluted. Apart from mixing infantry and aviation personnel in the camp, it is extremely unlikely that any tuskegee airmen of the Italy-based 15th Air Force would be to northern Germany where POWs from the Battle of the Bulge were kept.
- Quotes
Col. Werner Visser: Strange thing about war wounds- the older you get, the less proud of them you become.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: John Q/Maryam/Hart's War/Crossroads/Metropolis (2002)
- SoundtracksDeutschland Uber Alles
Music by Joseph Haydn (uncredited)
Performed by The Musikkorps Liebstandarte-SS 'Adolf Hitler'
Courtesy of the Tomahawk Films WW-II German Archive
Featured review
If you're looking for a different kind of POW story . . .
If you're looking for action in your war film skip this one. But if you don't mind an interesting drama about prejudice among Americans in a German POW camp, which although slow at times, leads to an interesting pay-off with a twist that (kinda) makes the whole thing worth it, then check it out. I especially enjoyed the subdued though "grizzled" looking Bruce Willis as Colonel McNamara and Marcel Iures as the camps' German commander.
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- pbrugalett
- Feb 18, 2002
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Sự Hy Sinh Cao Cả
- Filming locations
- Milovice, Nymburk District, Czech Republic(Stalag VIa)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,077,641
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,771,753
- Feb 17, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $32,287,044
- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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