Andersonville
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.
Cast
Jarrod Emick
as Josiah Day
Frederic Forrest
as Sgt. McSpadden
Ted Marcoux
as Martin Blackburn
Carmen Argenziano
as Hopkins
Frederick Coffin
as Collins
Cliff DeYoung
as Sgt. John Gleason
William H. Macy
as Col. Chandler
William Sanderson
as Munn
Matt McGrath
as Ethan
Jan Tříska
as Cap. Henry Wirz
Reviews
John Chard
And what do you call this little piece of heaven? The American Civil War, and Union soldiers are imprisoned at Andersonville, a crude stockade establishment presided over by the inept and cruel Captain Henry Wirz. It would prove to be a another dark and soul destroying chapter from the war. Le...
