Three Came Home (1950)

Directed by

Jean Negulesco

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A writer and her young son are separated from her husband and forced into a Japanese internment camp during World War II. The film follows her struggle to survive and keep her child safe while enduring harsh conditions.

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What happens

Three Came Home is a 1950 American World War II film directed by Jean Negulesco, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith. It depicts Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the Japanese invasion in 1942, and her subsequent internment and suffering, separated from her husband Harry, and with a young son to care for. Keith was initially interned at Berhala Island near Sandakan, North Borneo (today's Sabah) but spent most of her captivity at Batu Lintang camp at Kuching, Sarawak. The camp was liberated in September 1945. Adapted and produced by Nunnally Johnson, the film stars Claudette Colbert. It is now in the public domain and so is available to watch in its entirety online at no charge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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