Directed by:
Guy HamiltonScreenplay:
Ivan FoxwellCinematography:
Gordon DinesCast:
John Mills, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries, Eric Portman, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Theodore Bikel, Anton Diffring, Richard Wattis, Carl Duering (more)Plots(1)
Wartime docu-drama starring John Mills, Eric Portman and Lionel Jeffries, re-telling the experiences of Allied prisoners-of-war who were held in Colditz Castle. These POWs were strictly monitored as they were a high risk category and had constantly tried to escape whichever prison they where previously placed in. Despite being outnumbered by their guards, the prisoners of Colditz continued to achieve their goal - freedom. The film inspired the 1972 TV series Colditz. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
John Mills
UK
Lionel Jeffries
UK
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Eric Portman
UK
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Bryan Forbes
UK
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Ian Carmichael
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Theodore Bikel
Austria
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Anton Diffring
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Richard Wattis
UK
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Carl Duering
German Empire
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Frederick Valk
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Guy Deghy
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Denis Shaw
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Peter Swanwick
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Anthony Lang
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Keith Pyott
UK
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Kenneth Midwood
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Eugene Deckers
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Robert Brooks Turner
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Eric Corrie
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