Three returned home
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Three returned home |
| Original title | Three came home |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean Negulesco |
| script | Nunnally Johnson |
| production | Nunnally Johnson |
| music | Hugo Friedhofer |
| camera | Milton R. Krasner |
| cut | Dorothy Spencer |
| occupation | |
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Three returned home is a 1950s American film.
action
The American Agnes Newton Keith is married to the British Harry Keith. You have lived with your son on the island of Borneo for years . The story begins in 1940. Agnes is the only American woman in Borneo. Since the beginning of the Second World War , the population has been waiting for a Japanese invasion . When the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor arrives, the wait becomes unbearable. Five weeks after the attack, the battle for Borneo begins. Agnes and her family are now finally trapped. The Japanese take the island, and Agnes is separated from her husband and taken to a prison camp for women and children with their son George. Now four years of desperation begin, in which Agnes takes care of the other prisoners, constantly threatened by her Japanese guards. Only Colonel Suga treats her with respect, even though he receives news that his entire family has been killed in American bombing in their home country.
background
The film was based on the autobiography of Agnes Newton Keith . Nunnally Johnson wrote the script based on this biography and produced the film for 20th Century Fox . The outdoor shots for the film were shot in Sandakan , Malaysia .
Reviews
"Sufferings and fates in an internment camp for women are touchingly portrayed and played impressively."
Web links
- Three returned home in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Three returned home. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 5, 2017 .