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POW Escape Movies | WW2 Movies
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Website about World War Two Movies. The Wooden Horse (1950). True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany. Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Anthony Steel. The Colditz Story (1955). Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an “escape-proof” German POW camp housed in a Medieval castle. John Mills and Eric Portman. The one that got away (1957). Hardy Krüger and Colin Gordon. The Password is Courage (1962). Search by Tag Cloud.
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Colditz Castle: Daring POW Escapes
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The Famous WWII POW Camp. Starting in 1940, this gloomy, Saxon castle above a small town in eastern Germany was used to house the most "difficult" of the Allied POWs. The prisoners' dramatic and ingenious escapes have been the subject of over 40 books, two films, board games, video games and a popular TV series. Scene from the Colditz Story, 1953. International Collection of Bad Boys. This prison was unusual in having officers of different nationalities housed together in the same camp. The Germans had t...
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Colditz (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the 1970s BBC television series. For the 1955 film, see The Colditz Story. For the 2005 ITV tele-film, see Colditz (2005 TV series). 19 October 1972 ( 1972-10-19. 160; 1 April 1974 ( 1974-04-01. Is a British television. Series co-produced by the BBC. And screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied. Imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle. When designated Oflag IV-C. During World War II. Carrington becomes inv...