The Colditz Story

• 6.5 War
• 1955-01-25
• 94 minutes mins

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Writer:

Guy Hamilton Ivan Foxwell William Douglas-Home