Summaries

During the final days of World War II, an Italian prisoner of war in Texas is left in the hands of the camp's commander, the only soldier remaining to guard the only prisoner until the arrival of a patrol force that may never come.

Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Scheider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander of the camp. Things take a turn for the worse when Manin is brought back from his most recent escape by a patrol force, only to realize that the camp has been evacuated while he was gone. Gartner is forced to keep Manin at the camp until another patrol force can come pick him up. However, no one ever comes. The phone lines get cut, and the two men realize they are completely isolated from the outside world. It is up to each man now to escape the camp.An untold and rarely known fact of US held Italian POW"S—RdeMetz

Details

Keywords
  • soldier
  • world war two
  • 1940s
  • fascism
  • tolerance
Genres
  • Drama
  • History
  • War
Release date May 9, 2002
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States Italy
Language English
Filming locations Bulgaria
Production companies Rai Cinema Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) Orango Film S.r.l.

Box office

Budget $2200000
Gross worldwide $22885

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 36m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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