The Ode to Joy

The Ode to Joy

2h 15m 4.5/10

Overview

Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.

Director

Masanobu Deme

Top Billed Cast

Hiroshi Abe

Hiroshi Abe

Iko

Ken Matsudaira

Ken Matsudaira

Matsue

Oliver Bootz

Oliver Bootz

Carl Baum

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Takagi

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Kurt Heinrich

Kostja Ullmann

Kostja Ullmann

Herman Lake

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