Movie Description
The Colditz Story
(1955)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Guy Hamilton
- Producer : Ivan Foxwell
- Writer : Guy Hamilton,Ivan Foxwell,William Douglas-Home
- Editor : Peter Mayhew
- Cast : John Mills,Eric Portman,Frederick Valk,Denis Shaw,Lionel Jeffries,Christopher Rhodes,Richard Wattis,Ian Carmichael,Bryan Forbes,Theodore Bikel,Eugene Deckers,Anton Diffring,Guido Lorraine,Witold Sikorski,A. Blichewicz,B. Dolinski,Leo Bieber,Rudolph Offenbach,Keith Pyott,Arthur Butcher,David Yates,Carl Duering,Ludwik Lawinski,Peter Swanwick,John G. Heller,Guy Deghy
Cast
Pat Reid
Colonel Richmond
Kommandant
Priem
Harry Tyler
'Mac' McGill
Richard Gordon
Robin Cartwright
Jimmy Winslow
Vandy
La Tour
Hauptmann Fischer
Polish officer
Polish Officer
Polish Officer
Polish Officer
German Interpreter
Dutch Colonel
French Colonel
Polish Colonel
Dick
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Facts
Original TitleThe Colditz Story
Status Released
Release Information
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1955-01-25
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 34m
Budget₹ 600000
Production CompaniesIvan Foxwell Productions,British Lion Films
Genres
- War
- Drama
