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During World War II, the Germans transform Colditz Castle into a high security prisoner-of-war camp called Oflag IV-C. Its purpose is to restrain those Allied prisoners who have attempted to escape from other Oflags. Colditz houses first Polish, then British, Dutch and French prisoners.
The Colditz Story: Directed by Guy Hamilton. With John Mills, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes. Allied prisoners - British, Dutch, French and Polish - pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle known as "Colditz".
The Colditz Story. British officers (John Mills, Eric Portman) and other Allied prisoners try to escape from a supposedly escape-proof German castle. Rent The Colditz Story on Fandango at...
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The Colditz Story. Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German POW camp housed in a Medieval castle. Starring: Eric Portman, Bryan Forbes, John Mills. Addeddate.
Jan 25, 2011 · From ominous to droll, Brits Reid (John Mills) and McGill (Christopher Rhodes) are led into the famous German castle and prison, where they meet Harry (Lionel Jeffries) and Jimmy (Bryan Forbes), opening. Allied POWs plot to escape from a Nazi-held castle.
The Colditz Story. Summaries. Allied prisoners - British, Dutch, French and Polish - pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle known as "Colditz". Colditz castle was used by the Germans to hold the "bad boys", (those who regularly tried to escape from other camps).
The story essentially follows the repeated escape attempts by allied prisoners held at Colditz Castle. It shows the hard luck stories, the bonds that are formed between the men, the regime and day to day life they lived by, and of course it bu...
