Andersonville (1996)
2h 47m
Running Time
March 3, 1996Release Date
Andersonville (1996)
2h 47m
Running Time
March 3, 1996Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.


Currently Andersonville is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: History Vault, Amazon Video
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Jarrod Emick
Josiah Day

Frederic Forrest
Sgt. McSpadden

Ted Marcoux
Martin Blackburn

Carmen Argenziano
Hopkins

Frederick Coffin
Collins

Cliff DeYoung
Sgt. John Gleason

William H. Macy
Col. Chandler

William Sanderson
Munn

Matt McGrath
Ethan

Jan Tříska
Cap. Henry Wirz

John Frankenheimer
Director / Executive Producer

David W. Rintels
Writer / Producer

Diane Batson-Smith
Co-Producer

Lansing L. Smith
Producer

Ethel Winant
Executive Producer

Gary Chang
Original Music Composer
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 3, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 47m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsGeorgia, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
prison
war crimes
prisoner of war
escape from prison
prison brawl
union soldier
confederate soldier
american civil war
Wiki.
Andersonville is a 1996 American television film directed by John Frankenheimer about a group of Union soldiers during the American Civil War who are captured by the Confederates and sent to an infamous Confederate prison camp. The film premired on TNT on March 3, 1996.
The film is loosely based on the diary of John Ransom, a Union soldier imprisoned there. Although certain points of the plot are fabricated, the general conditions of the camp accurately match Ransom's descriptions, particularly references to the administration of the camp by Captain Henry Wirz. His line on escaping prisoners is very similar to the book, "The Flying Dutchman (Wirz) offers to give two at a time twelve hours the start".
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