The Colditz Story
2NomsDirected by Guy Hamilton
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Released
- 25 January 1955
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Director
- Guy Hamilton
- Writers
- Ivan Foxwell, Guy Hamilton, William Douglas-Home
- Budget
- $600,000
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, French, German, Polish
- Production
- Ivan Foxwell Productions, British Lion Films
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Cast
John Mills
Eric Portman
Frederick Valk
Denis Shaw
Lionel Jeffries
Christopher Rhodes
Richard Wattis
Ian Carmichael
Bryan Forbes
Theodore Bikel