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The Colditz Story (1955)

The Colditz Story (1955)

Drama War
Release Date: 1955, January 25
Directors: Guy Hamilton
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Ivan Foxwell Productions, Ivan Foxwell Productions, British Lion Films, British Lion Films
Cast: Anton Diffring, John Mills, Richard Wattis, Theodore Bikel, Eugene Deckers, Christopher Rhodes, Frederick Valk, Lionel Jeffries, Ian Carmichael, Denis Shaw, Eric Portman, Keith Pyott

Overview:

The Germans believed that no man could escape from Colditz Castle, set as it was in the heart of the Reich, 400 miles from any neutral frontier. This film, based on Pat Reid's epic novel, tells the story of how the British, French, Dutch and Polish prisoners of war who were incarcerated in Colditz set out to prove their captors wrong.

Keywords:

escape cheerful black and white empathetic military prisoners