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Hart's War is a 2002 American war drama film [3] 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 Iures.
- Novel
Hart's War is a 1999 novel by John Katzenbach. [1] It is...
- Jonathan Brandis
Jonathan Brandis was born in Danbury, Connecticut, the only...
- Novel
A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder. Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp.
A white racist American has been murdered, a black officer is charged with the crime, and Lt. Tommy Hart (Colin Farrell) has been assigned to defend him in a court-martial. The Nazi has permitted the trial as a gesture (he is a Yale man, not uncivilized, likes jazz).
Feb 15, 2002 · RELEASED IN 2002 and directed by Gregory Hoblit, "Hart's War" is a war flick about a paper-pushing lieutenant with a background in law (Colin Farrell) who is unexpectedly captured in Belgium and taken to a POW camp in southern Germany in the closing months of the European theater of the war.
When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.
Hart's War. Lieutenant Tommy Hart (Colin Farrell) is a second year law student who is enlisted as an officer's aide in World War II due to his father's political pull. When he is captured and...
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- War, Drama
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In HART'S WAR, Lt. Hart (Colin Farrell) is a soldier who works at a desk, far from enemy lines. He's glad for the chance to get out into the countryside when he gets an opportunity act as driver for a commanding officer. But the officer is killed and Hart is captured by the Germans.
