Movies and TvShows featuring "work-camp" theme.

Set in 1930s Louisiana during the Great Depression, Sounder tells the story of a young boy and his loyal dog, Sounder. The boy's father is convicted of stealing food for their family and is sent to a prison camp. The boy, his mother, and Sounder go on a journey to find the father and face various hardships along the way. It is a touching tale of family relationships, resilience, and the bond between a boy and his dog.

In the harsh Siberian winter of 1945, a group of prisoners in a Soviet labor camp must endure hard labor, brutal conditions, and a fierce rivalry. When a German woman is brought to the camp, tensions rise as the Russian and German women clash. Amidst the struggle for survival, a daring escape plan is hatched, leading to a thrilling train race through the snow-covered landscape.

In the Crosswind is a visually stunning portrayal of the mass deportations carried out by the Soviet Union in 1941. It follows the story of an Estonian woman who, along with her husband, is sent to Siberia and subjected to the harsh conditions of a prison camp. Through mesmerizing tableaux vivants, the film captures the suffering, hope, and resilience of the victims as they navigate through the brutalities of their captivity.

A poor waitress, determined to escape her life of poverty, faces various challenges such as fake illness, explosions, and bribery. With the support of her loving mother and the man she loves, she fights against all odds to make a better life for herself.

A l'automne 1964, la construction des 52 derniers milles du chemin de fer du Grand lac des Esclaves est en voie d'achèvement. Une bande hétéroclite de travailleurs instables, ivrognes et voleurs, est recrutée dans les tavernes par Fisk, contremaître aux poings d'acier. Martin Bishop, dix-huit ans, arrive comme nouveau pointeur au sein de cette équipe, le précédent pointeur ayant « disparu ». Bishop découvre rapidement des faits anormaux dans ce camp isolé; celui qui ne suit pas les règles de Fisk risque d'être expulsé du camp dans la nature sauvage et hostile. Fait surprenant, tous les hommes qui ont été expulsés demeurent sur la liste de paie... Le refus de Bishop de jouer le jeu de Fisk lui vaut d'être expulsé dans la forêt, dont l'immensité devient sa nouvelle prison. Incapable de s'échapper, Bishop découvre des aptitudes à la survie qu'il ne croyait pas posséder.

An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who goes to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together with his companions he starts hard struggle for survival, where the most fearsome opponent turns out to be terrible, merciless nature... Circumstances force the boy to reevaluate his life and grow up faster. Soon he will have to learn the essential struggle for survival and make decisions that will where rate will be life of his relatives. He will also have to choose between love for the Jewish Zinnia and the Russian Luybka.

In the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away, this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in outback Australia. They swear, brawl, gamble, and drink heavily. Central to the story is the conflict between Tarzan, the authoritarian group leader and cocky loud-mouth wisecracking Pansy. This results in a bare-knuckle punch-up for the movie's denouement.

Saveliy Govorkov, an Afghanistan war veteran tries to fight mafia in his own town.

In the 56th (and next-to-last serial) made by Columbia Pictures, Montana Deputy Dan Lawson, posing as an outlaw called Laramie, goes to the Canadian northwest on the trail of Bart Randall who is wanted for murder and bank robbery in the states. In Canada, Randall is a little more upscale and uses a hydra-plane and a fake totem to over-awe the Indians. Laramie is aided in his search by RCMP Sergeant Gray and by Donna Blane, who is suspected at first of giving information to Randall, but who is actually a Canadian secret agent investigating Randall's gun-trading with the Indians.

When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.

The story takes place in a reform-camp for the prostitutes of Bratislava. Soon after the political changes in February 1948 a deputy of the Ministry of the Interior decides to clean the city from its subverting elements. After a police raid all the prostitutes are transported to work-camps where they are supposed to be converted to loyal citizens.