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The Colditz Story

IMDb 6.8 1955 Movie 94 min

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.

War Drama

Starring

John Mills

Eric Portman

Frederick Valk

Denis Shaw

Lionel Jeffries

Christopher Rhodes

Richard Wattis

Ian Carmichael