Emil Kapaun
The Soldier-Priest
South East Asia. August, 1945. The Second World War has been raging for nearly six years, claiming the lives of more than four hundred thousand American soldiers. A multitude of chaplains has been sent to minister to these men in their dying moments.
One of them is a 29-year-old Catholic priest, a Kansas-born farmer’s son who finds himself in the thick of battle. This is the story of Father Emil Kapaun.
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Emil Kapaun truly became Christ to those around him. Serving with joy and abandonment during his military service, he embraced his role as the spiritual father of Pyoktong prison camp with the same virtues. In the face of awful conditions and inhumane treatment, Kapaun gave himself entirely to the service of his brothers, eventually dying as a consequence. His ultimate sacrifice teaches undying lessons of courage, selflessness, and joy.
This series contains moments of extreme danger and intensity, including raised voices. Several battle scenes are portrayed, including severe injuries and deaths. Fr. Kapaun and his companions are captured and forced to march to a prison camp. They are subjected to ideological indoctrination, psychological pressure and difficult conditions in the prison camp. A character contracts dysentery. Fr. Kapaun is seriously injured by a falling rock. Fr. Kapaun undergoes delirium when an injury becomes infected. Fr. Kapaun’s actual death is not portrayed, but is imminent at the end of the series.
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Cast & Crew
Cast
Jonathan Wainwright – Fr. Emil
Michael Alan Herman – Schuler, Private Coleman, Guests, US Soldiers, Prisoners
Griffin Puatu – Ramirez, Wounded Soldier, Wounded Spokesman, US Soldiers, Prisoners
Bryce Bashford – Walter Mayo, President Truman, US Soldiers, Prisoners
Matthew Allan Porter – Rubin, Radio Announcer, US Soldiers, Pyoktong Guards, Prisoners
David Zarbock – Anderson, Bishop Carroll, Guests, US Soldiers, Prisoners
Bobby Dixon – Miller, Captain, Pyoktong Guards, Prisoners
Griffin Puatu – Wong, Davis, Pyoktong Guards, Prisoners
Edward Dzialo – Enos, General Gay, Guests
Erin Lin – Bessie, Korean Woman, Guests
Po Yen – Sun, Chinese Soldier, Pyoktong Guards, Prisoners
Production
Joseph Marsh – Director
Peter Atkinson – Executive Producer
Kevin Collins – Casting Director
Susan Cameron – Dialect Coach
Joseph Marsh – Production Manager
Christina Hiromoto – Audio Assembler
Scott Hermenau – Assistant Sound Designer
Jacob Brusseau – Music Designer
Jacob Brusseau – Audio Reviewer
Scott Hermenau – Audio Packaging Producer
Judy Zocchi - Head of Script Development
Kiley Lawrence - Script Associate
Jacob Groth - Writer
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