The Colditz Story (1955)

6.8/10 94 min War Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Eugene Deckers

La Tour

Anton Diffring

Hauptmann Fischer

Guido Lorraine

Polish officer

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