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The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
On March 24 1944, one of the most audacious projects carried out during WW2 occurred. It was the mass escape of Allied soldiers from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III, the story of which was forever immortalised in the 1963 film The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen. Although the ...
The Great Escape: Directed by John Sturges. With Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald. Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
The Great Escaper: Directed by Oliver Parker. With Michael Caine, Graeme Dalling, Myles Olofin, Daniel Hayde. Bernard Jordan escapes from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.
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An 'escape-proof' Nazi prison camp is no match for Steve McQueen and a group of resourceful POWs in this classic 1963 World War II drama. 6,497 IMDb 8.2 2 h 52 min 1963 X-Ray R
The Great Escape. Allied POWs stage a daring escape from a Nazi prison camp. IMDb 8.2 2 h 52 min 1963. 13+ Historical ...
“A hit with the critics and at the box office, The Great Escape is for many the great ‘escape’ film.” The Virgin Film Guide Having featured a strong ensemble cast for his popular western The Magnificent Seven (1960), director John Sturges followed the formula with this adaptation of Paul Brickhill’s memoir about the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in 1943.
