Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The new edition of the 201920 neighborhood guide is here. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The andersonville trial tv movie 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Andersonville national historic site is the only park in the national park system to serve as a memorial to all american prisoners of war. I havent read a play in years, but this one i found on my bookshelves as i was purging them.
The andersonville trial 1970 the movie database tmdb. A dramatization of the 1865 warcrimes trial of henry wirz. This riveting film recreates the trial of swissborn confederate commander captain henry wirz basehart as he defends himself against charges, brought by a zealous army prosecutor shatner, that he provided inadequate shelter, medical care, and food to those under. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the andersonville trial near you. The andersonville trial s images have remained with me. Most of the site lies in southwestern macon county. The crossing epic tvmovie 1776 christmas miracle at trenton duration. During the civil war, 14,000 union soldiers perished due to poor conditions at a prisonerofwar camp in andersonville, georgia. The project gutenberg ebook of andersonville, complete, by john mcelroy this. Lou frizzell, who plays jasper culver in this production of the andersonville trial, played a union soldier in the original 1959 broadway stage production. The andersonville trial is a television adaptation of a 1959 hit broadway play by saul levitt, presented as an episode of pbss on may 17, 1970 as part of the anthology series hollywood television theatre description. The trial scene, in fact, dominates the films second half, and proves a moving assertion of civilization in a wholly inhuman place. Good movie for civil war buffs, and would recommend it to anyone actually. At the end of the civil war, captain henry wirz was arrested and prosecuted for his involvment at andersonville.
The andersonville trial has not been revived since the television production in 1970. The andersonville trial on dvdbluray 2012 broadway on. The andersonville trial is a 1959 play based on the 1865 trial of captain henry wirz on conspiracy and murder charges. Kantors andersonville is a fictionalized account of life in the confederate states of america prison camp in georgia for union soldiers captured during the civil war. Welcome to the official andersonville, georgia facebook page. The film is loosely based on the diary of john ransom, a union soldier imprisoned there. Andersonville was notorious civil warera confederate military prison in andersonville, georgia. Rent andersonville 1996 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Witnesses who testified at the trial of henry wirz.
But likely you wont leave much, you can find great shopping and some of the best restaurants on clarks avenue restaurants row. Andersonville was a confederate prisonerofwarcamp during the last 12 months of the civil war. Scott, a cast member in the original broadway production of levitts play, directed a critically acclaimed film adaptation also entitled the andersonville trial. A dramatization of the 1865 warcrimes trial of henry wirz, commandant of the notorious confederate pow camp at andersonville, georgia. Most of the site lies in southwestern macon county, adjacent to the east side of the town of. George washington epic historical 1984 miniseries part 1. His trial, by a military tribunal, took place between august 23 and october 18, 1865. He was the most famous of the nearly 1,000 individuals to be prosecuted for violating the laws of war.
With cameron mitchell, william shatner, jack cassidy, wright king. The defendant, captain henry wirz, justified his actions with a plea that he was only following orders. The andersonville trial is a television adaptation of a 1959 hit broadway play by saul levitt, presented as an episode of pbss on may 17, 1970 as part of the anthology series hollywood television theatre. The prison, officially called camp sumter, was the souths largest prison for captured union. If you like the andersonville trial you are looking for sincere, thought provoking and rough movies about with prison, military, american civil war, courtroom, crimes, confined and legal action themes of drama genre shot in usa. I had already read the novel andersonville, the confederate prison for union soldiers, and where 14,000 men died because of the conditions. A court martialed confederate officer faces trial for running the notorious prison of war camp in andersonville, georgia, where over 14,000 union prisoners. It preserves the former camp sumter, also known as andersonville prison, a confederate prisonerofwar camp of the american civil war, for union army prisoners.
Heinrich hartmann wirz, better known as henry wirz november 25, 1823 november 10, 1865, was a swissamerican officer of the confederate army during the american civil war. The andersonville trial 1970 0517 1970 us tv movie, drama 2h 30m user score. Film, video the savage is loose motion picture feature film over 60 minutes. Rent andersonville 1996 starring jarrod emick and frederic forrest on dvd and. Chipman and otis baker duked it out in court with wirzs fate on the line, and ultimately the issue of just following orders is brought up. The andersonville trial play was written by saul levitt using the official record of the trial of henry wirz as its basic source material. Levitt attempted to stay as close to the facts as possible while injecting his own concepts of the personalities involved. The andersonville trial play and andersonville film new. Andersonville prison during shermans campaigns youtube. The andersonville trial is a television adaptation of a 1959 hit broadway play by saul levitt, presented as an episode of pbss on may 17, 1970 as part of the. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title andersonville. This postcivil war court martial drama focuses on the trial of a confederate officer who ran the notorious prisoner of war camp in andersonville, georgia, where over 14,000 union prisoners died from disease, starvation and neglect.
Congress stated in the authorizing legislation that this parks purpose is to provide an understanding of the overall prisoner of war story of the civil war, to interpret the role of prisoner of war camps in history, to commemorate the sacrifice of. Some of the evidence used against him was made up, while some claimed he was a scapegoat for. This documentary is the product of my senior thesis for my history major. Wirz was the commandant of the stockade of camp sumter, a confederate prisonerofwar camp near andersonville, georgia, where inhumane conditions led to a high mortality rate of union detainees. The awardwinning play recounts the trial of captain henry wirz, the swiss doctor who commanded the confederate garrison at andersonville. Scott, le film complet the andersonville trial long metrage avec original streaming en anglais, a ete produit en etatsunis et est apparu dans les cinemas francais en 1970. The andersonville trial play and andersonville film. Andersonville national historic site simple english. Rent andersonville 1996 starring jarrod emick and frederic forrest on dvd and bluray. It gives insight into camp sumter military prison during the time of william shermans famous march to the sea. The andersonville prison in the andersonville national historic site, located east of andersonville in macon county and sumter county, georgia. Cause of death for union soldiers in andersonville prisonerofwar. Scott, a cast member in the original broadway production of levitts play, directed a critically acclaimed film. It was subsequently published by random house publishing in 1960 and was presented as a television movie in 1970.
Along with the former prisoner, the andersonville national. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. The rebel line was a rolling torrent of flame, their bullets shrieked angrily as they. In recent news, soldiers claimed they were only following the orders of donald rumsfeld when they tortured iraqi prisoners at abu ghraib. Most of the site lies in southwestern macon county, adjacent to the east side of the town of andersonville. It is based on the actual war crimes trial held for the commander of this hellish place following the war. The andersonville trial is about the confederate officer given charge to this horrific place, henry wirz. Andersonville civil war village, andersonville, ga. Download or read a narrative of andersonville, drawn from the evidence elicited on the trial of h.
Over the course of more than 60 days, 160 witnesses testified, the majority of whom were former andersonville pows. Andersonville the untold story of the civil war is a slickly produced, 1996 tnt original movie that originally aired on march 3rd, 1996. Its also like listening to people trying to justify slavery in the american south. The hanging that follows the trial is andersonville s true climax, although the film lingers on to no decisive conclusion afterward. And listening to wirz and his lawyer try to defend what happened at andersonville is like listening to the fascists trying to justify their actions as regards the holocaust and the death camps. Andersonville, 1996 film based on a pow camp prisoners diary. The movie was based on the actual 1865 trial of henry. In 1865, captain harry wirz richard basehart is brought to trial to answer charges of murder and crimes against humanity pertaining to administration of the andersonville prison, where,700 p. Yet its subject is as relevant today as it ever was. The free guide book is available now and is carried at businesses around andersonville and at the andersonville chamber offices at 5217 n. Wirz book by clicking button below to visit the book download website.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended. The setting of the play is, as in the original trial, in the united states court of claims, washington, d. Scott, who in 1970 directed a filmed version for pbs, which is now being made available on dvd. The andersonville national historic site is the site of the american civil war prisoner of war camp camp sumter also known as andersonville prison. P chipman is the army prosecutor, otis baker the defense attorney and gen. On may 10, 1970 television viewers were treated to a special presentation, an actual play. The raiders one of the central plot devices in the. C aptain henry wirzthe commandant of the confederate prison at andersonville, georgiawas arrested in may 1865, the only confederate soldier charged with war crimes during the civil war.
Andersonville was a confederate prisonerofwarcamp during the last 12 months of the civil war the site is near andersonville, georgia. He is the only one of the original broadway cast to appear in this production. The andersonville trial is a made for tv recreation of the broadway play from a decade earlier. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to. His trial began in august of 1865 and lasted two months.
Along with the former prisoner, the andersonville national cemetery and the national prisoner of war museum are also at the andersonville national historic. Andersonville is a 1996 american television film directed by john frankenheimer about a group of union soldiers during the american civil war who are captured by the confederates and sent to an infamous confederate prison camp. Soldiers as they are imprisoned at the infamous andersonville prison camp. Civil war andersonville 1996 complete original tvmovie. The andersonville national historic site, located near andersonville, georgia, preserves the former andersonville prison also known as camp sumter, a confederate prisonerofwar camp during the final fourteen months of the american civil war. This madeforcable civil war saga chronicles the further indignities suffered by union soldiers in andersonville, the confederacys notoriously squalid pow camp. The andersonville trial, produced in 1970, is appropriate for high school audiences interested in the moral questions raised by the prison, and how they were addressed during the trial of captain wirz.
The andersonville national historic site, located near andersonville, georgia, preserves the former camp sumter also known as andersonville prison, a confederate prisonerofwar camp during the final fourteen months of the american civil war. Andersonville prison was one of the largest, and most overcrowded and unsanitary prison camps during the american civil war. Professor paul finkelman talks about the military trial of henry wirz, the confederate commander of andersonville prison, where approximately,000 union prisoners died. The andersonville trial tv movie 1970 goofs on imdb. The liverpool township historical society will present a recreation of this event on. Watching this again has brought back those memories. Dec 09, 2016 this feature is not available right now. The quality of the production is still vivid and the story just as riveting. Marsh took cspan school bus staff on a tour of the andersonville prison camp where over one hundred thousand union soldiers were detained during the u.