P.O.W. - The Escape

original title:
P.O.W. - The Escape
other titles:
Behind Enemy Lines, (P.O.W. - Die Vergeltung), Attack Force 'Nam
country / year of production:
USA / 1986
original length:
90 min. , color
premiere:
April 1986
genre:
action
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director:
Gideon Amir
film script:
James Bruner , Malcolm Barbour
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cast (role):
David Carradine , Charles R. Floyd
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place at the end of World War II and deals with a US officer, who saves American war prisoners from enemy camps shortly before the armistice starts.
keywords:
prisoners of war , escape , jungle , liberation , behind enemy lines , comradeship
war:
Vietnam War (1946-1975)
literature:
Marc Frey: Geschichte des Vietnamkrieges: Die Trgödie in Asien und das Ende des amerikanischen Traums. München: Beck, 1999. ISBN: 3-406-42078-8

Nicole Weigel-Klinck: Die Verarbeitung des Vietnam-Traumas im US-amerikanischen Spielfilm seit 1968. Alfeld/Leine: Coppi-Verl., 1996.
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availability:
VHS NTSC