Name: Long March to Freedom
Released: 2011-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Bernard Hill

TV Show · Documentary · History

In the final brutal winter of WWII, 100,000 Allied Prisoners of War are force-marched away from liberating Russian forces. It is the beginning of an ordeal of starvation, savagery and suffering. Many will die.

2011 · 45m

Starring Bernard Hill

Director Stephen Saunders

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Through harrowing first-hand accounts, the amazing and moving stories of the men who survived World War II, and a long stay in German Stalag camps in Poland come to life.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

What was life like as a POW? In 1945, thousands of Allied inmates under Nazi command were forced at gunpoint to march from Poland to Germany in dreadful conditions.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Moving first-hand accounts from WWII veterans. The brave men, many now in their 90s, talk of living in constant fear at the prospect of being shot for falling behind on the march.