prisoners of war theme
One faction takes members of another faction as prisoners during the course of a war. The treatment of such prisoners is wrought with potential problems and moral questions.
Examples
It was unclear whether Captain Picard was technically a prisoner of war thus protected by a treaty against mistreatment in tng6x11 "Chain of Command, Part II".
5 total · 2 choice · 1 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: La Grande Illusion (1937) | choice | the story followed some French air-force officer who had been taken captive |
| tng6x11 | choice | Picard's treatment as prisoner of war |
| movie: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | major | Colonel Nicholson insisted on a point in the Geneva Conventions that prohibited the use of captured officers for manual labor in work camps. This lead to a stand off between him and the camp commander, Colonel Saito, and became the pivot for most of the plot. |
| movie: SlaughterhouseFive (1972) | minor | Billy and other Allied soldiers were taken as prisoners of war by the Germans. |
| pkded1x06 | minor | Changeling Herrick's state rights were suspended because he was an alien, and something that resembled torture ensued. |