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Status: Released

Runtime: 172

Budget: $4,000,000

Revenue: $5,000,000

Language(s): en

Webpage: -

Release Info

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  Released: 1963-07-04
  Rated: -

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Plot Keywords

• second world war
• prisoner of war camp
• flucht aus dem gefängnis
• escape
• swastika
• based on true story
• based on book
• 1940s
• nazis
• prisoner
• attempt to escape
• tunnel
• wwii
• claustrophobia
• zug
• motorräder
• uniform
• alpes
• switzerland
• machinegun
• geheime staatspolizei
• freedom
• famous score
• baseball
• optimism
• shower
• prison guard
• barbed wire

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Overview

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security "escape-proof" camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Crew

Director:

John Sturges

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Cast

Steve McQueen as Captain Hilts James Garner as Flight Lt. Hendley Richard Attenborough as Roger Bartlett James Donald as Group Capt. Ramsey "T…

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Genres

• Adventure
• Drama
• History
• War

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