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The Great Escape (1963)

173 min · Adventure · Drama · War

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate 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.

Film

The Great Escape (1963)

IMDb8.27.9TMDB173 min

AdventureDramaWar

Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate 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.

Director
John Sturges

Themesattempt to escapebarbed wirebased on novel or bookbased on true storyclaustrophobia

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