Release Date
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Original Release
January 25, 1955
1h 34m
The Colditz Story (1955)
⭐ 6.894 min
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.
Director
Guy Hamilton
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 1.0
Cast
John Mills
Pat Reid
⭐1.6
Eric Portman
Colonel Richmond
⭐1.1
Frederick Valk
Kommandant
⭐1.2
Denis Shaw
Priem
⭐0.7
Lionel Jeffries
Harry Tyler
⭐1.1
Christopher Rhodes
'Mac' McGill
⭐0.8
Richard Wattis
Richard Gordon
⭐0.9
Ian Carmichael
Robin Cartwright
⭐1.0
Bryan Forbes
Jimmy Winslow
⭐1.3
Theodore Bikel
Vandy
⭐1.3
Genres
WarDrama
Production Companies
Ivan Foxwell ProductionsBritish Lion Films
