"This is not just a story - it is based on brutal truth"15 April 1958Drama, Thriller, War81 mins
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
The story of the last days of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter (1907-43), who was executed by the Nazi regime because of his refusal to compromise with a perverse system.
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905).
When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers.
A "What if?" alternative history sees Nazi Germany prevailing in the second World War. First the occupiers establish their power bases, before they find themselves under attack from the underground resistance.
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial.
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The Camp on Blood Island (1958) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
The original trailer in high definition directed by Val Guest and starring André Morell Carl Möhner Walter Fitzgerald Edward Underdown and Phil Brown.
Brian Trenchard-Smith covers THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND
When Hammer Studios plumbed the real world for material the results could be very grim indeed – THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND is no exception. Val Guest's ...
The Camp on Blood Island (1958) Review (2#8)
A forgotten war film from a horror studio never escapes me.
Gerard Schurmann: music from The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
Gerard Schurmann: music excerpts from The Camp on Blood Island (1958). Conducted by John Hollingsworth.
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