In Estonia a political prisoner leaves the jail, only to discover that his best friend had stolen his girl. In Latvia a Russian soldier has a Latvian girlfriend. Her Latvian friends accept her boyfriend. But other Russian soldiers use coarse violence against them. In Lithuania an old priest had spent 15 years in Siberia and may still be secretly watched by the police.

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement....

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieute...

One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cel...

A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation...
Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.

When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle ...

Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward,...

A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. Bu...

A Russian guitarist was enlisted in 1984 in the Afghan war. Imprisoned, he will meet an Afghan music...

Hassan and Mario are neighbors. They have raised their daughters, Dina and Isabella together, suppor...

On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a...

A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their c...

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy...

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets...

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanam...

A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder ...

Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride t...

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on t...

Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convict...

Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence ...