Hart's War
Hart's War is a 2002 American war drama film about a World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp based on the novel by John Katzenbach. It stars Bruce Willis as Col. William McNamara and Colin Farrell as Lt. Thomas Hart. The film co-stars Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser, and Marcel Iureş. Directed by Gregory Hoblit, the film was shot at Barrandov Studios in Prague, and released on February 15, 2002. The film earned mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb grossing just $33.1 million against its $70 million budget.
Plot
In late 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, U.S. Army intelligence officer First Lieutenant Thomas Hart (Farrell) is captured by German forces. While interrogating Hart, the Germans coerce him to divulge intelligence by taking away his boots, causing his feet to become frostbitten and badly injured, and leaving him, naked, in a very cold cell. He is then transferred by train to Stalag VI-A prisoner of war camp at Hemer, Germany. While en route, a P-51 Mustang attacks (the letters POW were painted on the top of the train, but got covered by thick snow). To save themselves, the POWs leave the train and spell P-O-W with their bodies and prevent further strafing.
Cast
- Adrian Grenier
- Bohumil Švarc
- Bruce Willis
- Christian Kahrmann
- Cole Hauser
- Colin Farrell
- Holger Handtke
- Jakub Zdeněk
- Jim Boeven
- Joe Spano
- Jonathan Brandis
- Linus Roache
- Marcel Iureș
- Michael Landes
- Michael Weston
- René Ifrah
- Rory Cochrane
- Rúaidhrí Conroy
- Sam Jaeger
- Sam Worthington
- Scott Michael Campbell
- Terrence Howard
- Vicellous Reon Shannon
More details
| author | Billy Ray Terry George |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Belgium |
| director | Gregory Hoblit |
| editor | David Rosenbloom |
| events | World War II |
| genre | drama western |
| keywords | african americans air force army air force army intelligence battle of the bulge black pilots capture coerce court martial food poisoning german army german forces german prisoner-of-war camps in world war ii#military district vi holding cell injured intelligence officer kill last day law student learn oberst p-51 mustang poison prison camp prisoner of war stalag vi-a survive tuskegee airmen u.s. army war effort |
| musicBy | Rachel Portman |
| producer | Arnold Rifkin David Ladd Gregory Hoblit Wolfgang Glattes |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox BBFC MGM Distribution Co. |
| recordedAt | Czech Republic Prague |
| theme | war |