Movie: Andersonville

Top 10 Billed Cast

Jarrod Emick
Jarrod Emick

Josiah Day

Frederic Forrest
Frederic Forrest

Sgt. McSpadden

Ted Marcoux
Ted Marcoux

Martin Blackburn

Carmen Argenziano
Carmen Argenziano

Hopkins

Frederick Coffin
Frederick Coffin

Collins

Cliff DeYoung
Cliff DeYoung

Sgt. John Gleason

William H. Macy
William H. Macy

Col. Chandler

William Sanderson
William Sanderson

Munn

Matt McGrath
Matt McGrath

Ethan

Jan Tříska
Jan Tříska

Cap. Henry Wirz

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1996-03-03

  • Average

    6.469

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
  • Tagline

    The great untold story of the American Civil War.

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  • Languages:

    English
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