Three Came Home

Based on the autobiographical book by agnes newton keith three came home stars claudette colbert as mrs.

Three came home. Directed by jean negulesco. Keith and her british husband. Trapped in borneo during the japanese invasion mrs.

Incredible events during three plus years of incarceration are met with courage. Three came home is a 1948 memoir written by agnes newton keith based on her experiences during the japanese invasion of north borneo a film based on it was released in 1950 and featured claudette colbert in the lead role. During most of this time agnes keith and her infant son george were held in a japanese concentration camp her husband was sent to another concentration camp together with allied pows and other civilians imprisoned by.

With claudette colbert patric knowles florence desmond sessue hayakawa. During word war ii american author agnes newton keith is imprisoned by the japanese in various pow camps in north borneo and sarawak. In fact the more films i see on jap world war ii camps the more i appreciate tenko.

Initially olivia de havilland was chosen for the role. The film three came home missed an important trick that the bbc tv series tenko picked up on. Based on an autobiographical novel by agnes newton keith recounts her and her children s experiences in a japanese pow camp during world war ii.

I might disagree with the producers of tenko on for example euthanasia but at least they didn t avoid thought provoking topics which the film three came home does. A mother s love for her child and her husband sustain the family in spite of the years of starvation and separation. Three came home is a 1950 american post war film directed by jean negulesco based on the memoirs of the same name by writer agnes newton keith it depicts keith s life in north borneo in the period immediately before the japanese invasion in 1942 and her subsequent internment and suffering separated from her husband harry and with a young son to care for.

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