War Drama
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.
Directed by
Guy Hamilton
Written by
Ivan Foxwell, Guy Hamilton, William Douglas-Home
John Mills
Pat Reid
Lionel Jeffries
Harry Tyler
Richard Wattis
Richard Gordon
Carl Duering
Ian Carmichael
Robin Cartwright
Guy Deghy
Frederick Valk
Kommandant
Theodore Bikel
Vandy
Denis Shaw
Priem
Christopher Rhodes
'Mac' McGill
Eric Portman
Colonel Richmond
Peter Swanwick
Anton Diffring
Hauptmann Fischer
Eugene Deckers
La Tour
John G. Heller
Guido Lorraine
Polish officer
Witold Sikorski
Polish Officer
A. Blichewicz
Polish Officer
B. Dolinski
Polish Officer
Leo Bieber
German Interpreter
Rudolph Offenbach
Dutch Colonel
Keith Pyott
French Colonel
Arthur Butcher
Polish Colonel
Ludwik Lawinski

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