Andersonville

2h 47min

War

Drama

TV Movie

History

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.

Production Companies

Turner Pictures (I)

Turner Network Television

Gideon Productions

Cast

Jarrod Emick

Jarrod Emick

Josiah Day
Frederic Forrest

Frederic Forrest

Sgt. McSpadden
Ted Marcoux

Ted Marcoux

Martin Blackburn
Cliff DeYoung

Cliff DeYoung

Sgt. John Gleason
William H. Macy

William H. Macy

Col. Chandler
Jan Tříska

Jan Tříska

Cap. Henry Wirz

Release date

3rd Mar 1996

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English