Unbroken: What the Movie Doesn't Say about Louis Zamperini

Unbroken: What the Movie Doesn't Say about Louis Zamperini

By Heather Sells

CBN News Reporter

Monday, November 24, 2014

Just days before his death this summer, Olympic track athlete and former WWII prisoner of war Louis Zamperini  finished his final race: the completion of his book, Don't Give Up, Don't Give in.

In it he chronicled lessons he learned during the war and what he learned after he surrendered his life to Christ.

It's a life that made even Hollywood take note. On Christmas day this year "Unbroken,"a movie about Zamperini's life, opens in theaters nationwide. It was directed by actress Angelina Jolie.

Louis Zamperini

The epic feature will focus on Zamperini's childhood, Olympic adventures, and survival as a POW during WWII. It does not portray his salvation experience during a 1949 Billy Graham crusade in Los Angeles.

Billy Graham

How did Zamperini come to know Christ? CBN News' Heather Sells spoke with Zamperini's son Luke about the film, his dad's salvation, his ability to forgive, and God's timing in his father's life.