The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story (1955)


  • Genre: War, Drama
  • Release Date: 1955-01-25
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 55 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Ivan Foxwell Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Guy Hamilton
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Summary

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.

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  • John Mills

    as Pat Reid

  • Eric Portman

    as Colonel Richmond

  • Frederick Valk

    as Kommandant

  • Denis Shaw

    as Priem

  • Lionel Jeffries

    as Harry Tyler

  • Christopher Rhodes

    as 'Mac' McGill

  • Richard Wattis

    as Richard Gordon

  • Ian Carmichael

    as Robin Cartwright

  • Bryan Forbes

    as Jimmy Winslow

  • Theodore Bikel

    as Vandy

  • Eugene Deckers

    as La Tour

  • Anton Diffring

    as Hauptmann Fischer

  • Guido Lorraine

    as Polish officer

  • Witold Sikorski

    as Polish Officer

  • A. Blichewicz

    as Polish Officer

  • B. Dolinski

    as Polish Officer

  • Leo Bieber

    as German Interpreter

  • Rudolph Offenbach

    as Dutch Colonel

  • Keith Pyott

    as French Colonel

  • Arthur Butcher

    as Polish Colonel

  • David Yates

    as Dick

  • Carl Duering

    as

  • Ludwik Lawinski

    as

  • Peter Swanwick

    as

  • John G. Heller

    as

  • Guy Deghy

    as
Directing Guy Hamilton Director
Directing Ted Sturgis Second Assistant Director
Camera John Shinerock Clapper Loader
Writing Ivan Foxwell Writer
Writing Guy Hamilton Writer
Production Ivan Foxwell Producer
Writing William Douglas-Home Writer
Camera Gordon Dines Director of Photography
Editing Peter Mayhew Editor
Sound Francis Chagrin Music

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