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Jan 4, 1995

0h 55m

★ 0.0

Horror stories of human depravity and the atrocities committed by the Japanese at Sandakan POW camp

Overview

During World War II there were nearly 2,500 Allied prisoners held in Sandakan POW camp in British North Borneo. Along with the ravages of war and the struggle to survive abject conditions, only six of these POW's were found alive when the war finally ended. In the years that followed, the horror stories of human depravity and the atrocities committed by the Japanese at Sandakan POW camp would come to light, considered by many as one of the most devastating chapters of the Pacific War.

Genres

Documentary

History

War

Production Companies

Film Australia

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Cast

Narrator

Ivar Kants

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6.9

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7.5

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7.2

Seven Years in Tibet

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0.0

The Truth About Pula

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6.7

Rambo: First Blood Part II

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0.0

London 1948: The Austerity Olympics

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0.0

A Good Year

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4.8

The Scent of Joseph's Shirt

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7.4

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Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

6.4

Hart's War

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7.0

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6.0

The Secrets We Keep

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In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

0.0

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6.7

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0.0

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No overview available.

5.7

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6.7

Major Dundee

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7.4

Ashes and Diamonds

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