Top billed cast

1. 

   John Mills

   Pat Reid

2. 

   Eric Portman

   Colonel Richmond

3. 

   Frederick Valk

   Kommandant

4. 

   Denis Shaw

   Priem

5. 

   Lionel Jeffries

   Harry Tyler

6. 

   Christopher Rhodes

   'Mac' McGill

7. 

   Richard Wattis

   Richard Gordon

8. 

   Ian Carmichael

   Robin Cartwright

9. 

   Bryan Forbes

   Jimmy Winslow

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2015-11-14

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 b...read the rest

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2. The One That Got Away68%
3. Andersonville65%
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7. Escape to Victory68%
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10. Paths of Glory82%
11. The Birth of a Nation60%
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15. Battleground67%
16. Taking Sides62%
17. Zulu73%
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19. Darkest Hour73%
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$600,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• escape
• black and white
• military prisoners
• cheerful
• empathetic