Release, runtime and language

1950 · 106 mins · English

Directed by

Jean Negulesco

Starring

Sessue Hayakawa, Patric Knowles, Claudette Colbert, Jerry Fujikawa, John Burton, Patrick Whyte

Set in Borneo in 1941 during World II, the film follows American writer Agnes Newton Keith after the Japanese occupation separates her from her husband. She, her son and other civilians are interned in a prison camp overseen by the enigmatic Colonel Suga, portraying Keith’s harrowing personal experience of captivity.