Title: The Colditz Story (The Colditz Story)
Release Date: 1955-01-25
IMDB ID: tt0047945
Vote Average: 6.8 (55 votes)
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),
Crew: Guy Hamilton (Director), Ted Sturgis (Second Assistant Director), John Shinerock (Clapper Loader), Gordon Dines (Director of Photography), Peter Mayhew (Editor), Ivan Foxwell (Writer),