Release Date
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Original Release
November 8, 1981
1h 22m
A War Story (1981)
⭐ 8.082 min
Overview
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.
Director
Anne Wheeler
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.7
Cast
Donald Sutherland
Narrator (voice)
⭐2.9
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David Edney
Ben Wheeler
⭐0.0
Frank C. Turner
Peter Seed
⭐1.1
Anne Wheeler
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
⭐0.7
Genres
DramaWar
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