It may have been a good war, but this is a below-average picture, and the sing-song narration by the female lead is distracting. Four other minor details were completely illogical and kept this potentially good film under the 5-star level:
The first is that the major premise of the story was that the food quantity was being reduced and that the prisoners were being starved to death. They all looked pretty heavy and healthy to me the whole time.
Secondly, during a riot, the guards and prisoners are fighting. A few prisoners are shot, but as soon as one of the guards is accidentally shot, everyone simultaneously stops fighting and the riot is over.
Third is when Manin, the Italian escapee, tries to steal a car to escape, Gartner, standing behind the car, takes two shots at the car with his .45 and the second shot hits the oil pump under the car and the car immediately stops and steam starts spewing steam from the radiator.
The last is when the female lead gets shot accidentally in the back at very close range. According to her narration, she was in bad shape (which is believable), but 3 or 4 days later, she is out of the hospital completely healed and at full strength with no indication of ever having been wounded.
Secondly, during a riot, the guards and prisoners are fighting. A few prisoners are shot, but as soon as one of the guards is accidentally shot, everyone simultaneously stops fighting and the riot is over.
Third is when Manin, the Italian escapee, tries to steal a car to escape, Gartner, standing behind the car, takes two shots at the car with his .45 and the second shot hits the oil pump under the car and the car immediately stops and steam starts spewing steam from the radiator.
The last is when the female lead gets shot accidentally in the back at very close range. According to her narration, she was in bad shape (which is believable), but 3 or 4 days later, she is out of the hospital completely healed and at full strength with no indication of ever having been wounded.