The Colditz Story

Directed by Guy Hamilton

Film Movement Classics

1955

97 Minutes

United Kingdom

English, German, Polish

Action, Drama, Classics, War

Not Rated

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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
Eric Portman
Christopher Rhodes
Lionel Jeffries
Brian Forbes
Ian Carmichael
Theodore Bikel

Highest Rating
"Easily one of the best prisoner-of-war yarns to come from any British studio, The Colditz Story is a taut real-life meller, based on the personal experiences of the author, Pat Reid."

Variety
Highest Rating
"...a meat-and-potatoes war movie, solid in performance, direction and stiff-upper quotient."

Ian Nathan, Empire
Highest Rating
"A nicely executed tale of British pluck from 1955...."

Ben Walsh, The Independent

Awards & Recognition

Nominated
Best British Film
BAFTA Awards

Nominated
Best Film
BAFTA Awards

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