Movie
The Colditz Story
Drama film with a runtime of 97 minutes, released in 1954. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Dramatisation of the legendary breakout by World War II Allied POWs from Colditz Castle, the Germans' supposedly escape-proof fortress in Saxony. Undaunted by the threat of execution, the inmates try every conceivable means of escape - until someone hits upon the audacious idea of walking out dressed as enemy officers. Dir: Guy Hamilton. (Black & White), During WWII, the impenetrable Colditz castle in Germany was selected as the site for a POW camp. The Germans reason that Colditz is ideal for housing the most contentious allied prisoners. British officer John Mills doesn't agree and leads an escape through a subterranean tunnel.
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Cast
- John Mills
- Eric Portman
- Lionel Jeffries
- Ian Carmichael
- Christopher Rhodes
- Bryan Forbes
- Richard Wattis
- David Yates
- Frederick Valk
- Denis Shaw
- Dennis Shaw
- Anton Diffring
- Ludwig Lawinski
- Carl Duering
- Keith Pyott
- Eugene Deckers
- Rudolph Offenbach
- Theodore Bikel
- Arthur Butcher
- Terence Brook
- Leo Bieber
- Eric Corrie
- Guy Deghy
- Claude Le Sache
- Guido Lorraine
- Kenneth Midwood
- Peter Myers
- Frederick Schiller
- Peter Swanwick
- John Heller
- Alexander Vetchinsky
- Gordon Dines
- Peter Mayhew
- Ivan Foxwell
- Eric Carter
- P.R. Reid
- Guy Hamilton
- Bill Walsh
