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.

Donald Sutherland
as Narrator (voice)

David Edney
as Ben Wheeler

Frank C. Turner
as Peter Seed

Anne Wheeler
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)