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Escape from Stalag Luft 112B (1977)

Escape from Stalag Luft 112B (1977)

Comedy
Release Date: 1977, October 4
Directors: Jim Franklin
Cast: Michael Palin, Roy Kinnear, John Phillips, Nicholas Day, David Griffin, Timothy Carlton

Overview:

During World War I Major Errol Phipps is determined to escape from Stalag Luft 112B but his attempts all fail. However all the other prisoners and the guards succeed, leaving him alone in the camp to make elaborate plans - including a tunnel system so extensive it becomes the Munich Underground. He is so obsessed with his escape plans he fails to realize that the war has ended and dies a disappointed man. He does however manage to escape from his grave after he has been buried though.