The Hanoi Hilton

1987
18
2 Std. 5 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

1246

IHRE BEWERTUNG

A drama focusing on the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment the American P.O.W.s had to deal with daily while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison, the most infamous P.O.W. camp in Hanoi. The film focuses on the resistance the prisoners gave to their captors and the strong bonds formed by the Americans during their captivity.

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Drama War

Das Martyrium eines Soldaten, der 1964 ins Militärgefängnis von Hanoi eingeliefert wird und neun Jahre unter Folter, Furcht und der niederdrückenden Einsicht, daß in seiner Heimat die Stimmu... Alles lesenDas Martyrium eines Soldaten, der 1964 ins Militärgefängnis von Hanoi eingeliefert wird und neun Jahre unter Folter, Furcht und der niederdrückenden Einsicht, daß in seiner Heimat die Stimmung längst umgeschlagen ist, zu leiden hat.Das Martyrium eines Soldaten, der 1964 ins Militärgefängnis von Hanoi eingeliefert wird und neun Jahre unter Folter, Furcht und der niederdrückenden Einsicht, daß in seiner Heimat die Stimmung längst umgeschlagen ist, zu leiden hat.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,1/10

1246

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
At the beginning of the movie, F-4 Phantom fighters are seen with AA designation on their tails. AA aircraft were assigned to the USS Forrestal. Future Senator/Presidential candidate John McCain who spent several years at the Hanoi Hilton after being shot down while flying from the USS Oriskany, also flew previously from the Forrestal. He narrowly escaped death during the tragic Forrestal fire in 1967.

Patzer
U.S. Air Force commissioned officers do not, and did not, wear silver chinstraps on their service caps. The POW escort officers are shown with silver chinstraps on their service caps. This is a mistake.

Zitate
Cathcart: [Making an announcement to the other prisoners in the "Hanoi Hilton"] In the meantime, hear this, and pass it on: The Code of Conduct will apply to all American servicemen in here. Nobody handed you a "Discharge" when you got captured. We will keep the faith--in God, in country, in one another. We will honor military ranks and obey the Senior Ranking Officer at all times. For the time being, until I hear different, I am that SRO. My orders are simple. Firstly: save everything. Collect every piece of scrap you can find. It'll all come in handy. Secondly: stay in contact at all times. You must contact every arrival. You must memorize every name. We will manipulate the enemy, but we will not antagonize him needlessly. You catch more flies with honey, than with vinegar. No matter what they do to us, we are Americans. If we help, and support, one another, we... will... prevail.

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Blind Date/Dolls/The Hanoi Hilton/Swimming to Cambodia (1987)

Soundtracks
Hero's Heart
Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Webb
Performed by Joe Pizzulo
Produced by Fred Mollin

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Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

5/10

Could have been better

I generally don't like to write negative reviews and this one isn't however it's not a glowing positive one either.

After listening to a few podcasts and reading a few articles about what life was like during this timer for the soldiers I really think that this movie could have been so impactful however it just turned out to be a little bit lacklustre.