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Mood:
- BleakEmotionalSuspensefulTenseRoughCaptivating
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Plot:
- Human SpiritAnti WarCaptivityWartime LifeWoman in DangerConfinedHopesLife is a Bitch more...
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Genres:
- DramaWarHistoricalPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40sWorld War 2
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Place:
- AsiaJapanPrison
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Style:
- Strong Female Presence
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Based on:
- Based on BookBiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Look:
- B&W
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Three Came Home, 1950
English, Japanese
USA
Profile of Three Came Home
The mood of Three Came Home is bleak, tense, and emotional. The plot centers around captivity, anti-war themes, and wartime life. It is a drama, period, and historical movie. Stylistically, Three Came Home stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Three Came Home takes place, at least partly, in a prison. The setting is Japan. It happens in the 20th century. Visually, Three Came Home is black and white. It is drawn from a biography, originally a true story, and based on a book.
Summary of Three Came Home
Agnes Keith (Claudette Colbert) and husband Harry (Patric Knowles) have lived in Borneo for years. Harry is a British officer, while Agnes has written a well-known book on the country. Their lives are disrupted when the Japanese invade in December 1941. With men sent to one prison camp, and women and children to another, the couple must survive apart despite cruel treatment by their captors. For three years, their physical stamina will be tested by malaria and sadistic prison wardens.
Details
| Language: | English, Japanese |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 February 1950 |
| Runtime: | 106 min |
Cast and Crew
as Agnes Newton Keith
as Harry Keith
as Betty Sommers
as Colonel Suga
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