The Great Escape
The Great Escape

Movie·2017·0h 53m

The Great Escape

Country

France

Language

French

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The Story

Original title: Tunnels de guerre : la grande évasion

On March 24, 1944, in the heart of Nazi Germany, 76 British, Canadian, Norwegian and French pilots who were held in Stalag Luft III, a prison camp of the Luftwaffe, escaped. Unique testimony from the last survivors, recreations and today’s digital images sheds new light on the audacious escape.

Producer

Sophie Jeaneau

Editor

Alexandre Basso

Themes

prisonerworld war iiconcentration camp prisonerpow escapeconcentration camp survivorconcentration camp escape

Production House

La Famiglia
RMC Découverte
RTBF
CNC

Audience Score

85%

4 votes

Skip4%
Timepass10%
Go for it34%
Perfection52%

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Cast

Thierry Debrune

Thierry Debrune

Narrator (voice)

Jack Lyon

Jack Lyon

Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner

Charles Clarke

Charles Clarke

Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner

David Fraser

David Fraser

Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner

Howard Tuck

Himself - Historian

Guy Walters

Guy Walters

Himself - Historian

Simon Pearson

Himself - Biographer

Colin Kirby-Green

Himself - Captain T. Kirby-Green's Son

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Crew

Anna Kwak-Sialelli

Writer, Director

Alexandre Basso

Editor

Sophie Jeaneau

Executive Producer

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