Stalag Luft (1993)

6.6/10 101 min Drama Comedy War

Overview

Few wartime prisoners have attempted escape quite as many times as bumbling RAF Officer James Forrester. Though Officer Forrester has twenty-three escape attempts to his name, each successive attempt he makes to break free somehow seems to go worse than the last. But this time there's a difference, because Officer Forrester isn't just plotting his own escape, but the escape of all 327 of his fellow prisoners as well - and all at once. In fact even the Germans want to escape!

Cast

Stephen Fry

Wing Commander James Forrester

Nicholas Lyndhurst

'Chump' Cosgrove

Geoffrey Palmer

The Kommandant

Sam Kelly

Adolf Hitler

Hugh Bonneville

Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)

David Bamber

The Prof

Todd Boyce

'Owly' Morrison

Benedick Blythe

Oberst von Steffenberg

Tim McMullan

Donaldson

Steffan Boje

Smithers

Carl Duering

First Ferret

Michael Mellinger

Second Ferret

John Pirkis

Tank Officer (as John Duvall)

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