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The Colditz Story( 1955)

TV-MAWarDrama
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Overview

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.

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      John Mills

      Pat Reid

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      Eric Portman

      Colonel Richmond

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      Frederick Valk

      Kommandant

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      Denis Shaw

      Priem

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      Lionel Jeffries

      Harry Tyler

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      Christopher Rhodes

      'Mac' McGill

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      Richard Wattis

      Richard Gordon

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      Ian Carmichael

      Robin Cartwright

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      Bryan Forbes

      Jimmy Winslow

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      Theodore Bikel

      Vandy

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      Eugene Deckers

      La Tour

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      Anton Diffring

      Hauptmann Fischer

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      Guido Lorraine

      Polish officer

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      Witold Sikorski

      Polish Officer

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      A. Blichewicz

      Polish Officer

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      B. Dolinski

      Polish Officer

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      Leo Bieber

      German Interpreter

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      Rudolph Offenbach

      Dutch Colonel

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      Keith Pyott

      French Colonel

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      Arthur Butcher

      Polish Colonel

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      David Yates

      Dick

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      Carl Duering

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      Ludwik Lawinski

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      Peter Swanwick

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      John G. Heller

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      Guy Deghy

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sat Nov 14 2015
    Escape from Colditz Castle. Guy Hamilton directs and co-adapts the screenplay with Ivan Foxwell from the P.R. Reid novel of the same name. A story based on actual facts, it stars John Mills, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Anton Diffring, Richard Wattis, Ian Carmichael and Eric Portman. Music is by Francis Chagrin and cinematography by Gordon Dines. The story essentially follows the repeated escape attempts by allied prisoners held at Colditz Castle. It shows the hard luck stories, the bonds that are formed between the men, the regime and day to day life they lived by, and of course it bu...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • escape
    • military prisoners
    • dramatic
    • cheerful
    • empathetic