Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corporation. This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.
Direction
Krish's documentary-style realism makes the brainwashing scenes gutting.
Acting
Amateur cast of actual veterans brings unsettling authenticity.
Director
John Krish
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Actor Anthony Farrar-Hockley was a genuine Korean War POW who later became NATO's most senior commander.
Made as mandatory viewing for British troops, this was essentially state-produced trauma preparation disguised as cinema.
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