Based on the diaries of Canadian doctor Ben Wheeler during his internment in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, this feature-length docudrama is a glowing account of the spirit and its will to survive physical and mental suffering. The film is comprised of newsreel footage, interviews and dramatic re-enactments.
Anne Wheeler
Writer, Director
Ben Wheeler
Writer
Donald Sutherland
Narrator (voice)
David Edney
Ben Wheeler
Frank C. Turner
Peter Seed
Anne Wheeler
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Waiting for Anya62%
The Truth About Emanuel59%
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell68%
The Last Rifleman66%
I Believe in Unicorns64%
The One That Got Away68%
Reality64%
Ballistic59%
Radium Girls65%
Escape to Victory68%
The Guns of Navarone72%
Empire of the Sun75%
Won't Back Down61%
Eleanor the Great68%
Cast a Giant Shadow63%
The Long Voyage Home66%
The War Below67%
Plunder Road70%
The Devil's Brigade63%
Palestine 3678%
