A War Story

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.

Cast

Donald Sutherland

Narrator (voice)

N/A

David Edney

Ben Wheeler

N/A

Frank C. Turner

Peter Seed

Anne Wheeler

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)