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6.8The 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.
Released: 1955-01-2594 minDir: Guy HamiltonWar, DramaBudget: $600,000
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Cast
- John Mills as Pat Reid
- Eric Portman as Colonel Richmond
- Frederick Valk as Kommandant
- Denis Shaw as Priem
- Lionel Jeffries as Harry Tyler
- Christopher Rhodes as 'Mac' McGill
Themes
- escape
- black and white
- military prisoners
- cheerful
- empathetic
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Guy Hamilton
- Screenwriter
- William Douglas-Home
- Cast member
- Theodore Bikel
- Composer
- Francis Chagrin
- Cinematographer
- Gordon Dines
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 914571
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1955-01-01
- title
- The Colditz Story
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
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