
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
Narrator (voice)

David Edney
Ben Wheeler

Frank C. Turner
Peter Seed

Anne Wheeler
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)


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November 8, 1981
1h 22m
8.3
Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler, Ben Wheeler
3


ONF | NFB
CA
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