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To End All Wars (2001)

To End All Wars poster
Directed by
David L. Cunningham
Genre
drama film, action film, war film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
2h 05m
Rated
R
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 184 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Based on a true story, this film follows a group of Allied prisoners of war forced to build a railway in the jungle during World War Two. The prisoners endure brutal conditions and find meaning through faith and compassion.

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What happens

To End All Wars is a 2001 war film starring Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and Sakae Kimura and was directed by David L. Cunningham. The film is based on Through the Valley of the Kwai, an autobiography of Ernest Gordon, then a Scottish Captain, later the Presbyterian Dean of the Princeton University Chapel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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