
The One That Got Away(1957)
Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.


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.

John Mills
Pat Reid

Eric Portman
Colonel Richmond

Frederick Valk
Kommandant

Denis Shaw
Priem

Lionel Jeffries
Harry Tyler

Christopher Rhodes
'Mac' McGill

Richard Wattis
Richard Gordon

Ian Carmichael
Robin Cartwright

Bryan Forbes
Jimmy Winslow

Theodore Bikel
Vandy
The Colditz Story is a war, drama film released in 1955 exploring themes of escape, black and white, military prisoners, cheerful, empathetic. Directed by Guy Hamilton, it stars John Mills, Eric Portman, Frederick Valk. 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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