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The Colditz Story
1954
This collection features four of the greatest British war films of all time. THE DAM BUSTERS, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd, is a World War II adventure which centers around the British efforts to destroy two enormous dams in Germany. In THE COLDITZ STORY, starring John Mills, a group of captured Allied soldiers .. Read more
| Starring | John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes |
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| Director | Guy Hamilton |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
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The Colditz Story
This collection features four of the greatest British war films of all time. THE DAM BUSTERS, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd, is a World War II adventure which centers around the British efforts to destroy two enormous dams in Germany. In THE COLDITZ STORY, starring John Mills, a group of captured Allied soldiers attempt break out of Germany's toughest prison. THE CRUEL SEA, starring Jack Hawkins and Denholm Elliott, follows life on a British ship in the North Atlantic during World War II. Finally, ICE-COLD IN ALEX focuses on a British officer (John Mills) stationed in North Africa.
| Starring | John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael |
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| Director | Guy Hamilton |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Feb 2005 Production year: 1954 |
| Format | DVD |
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One of seemingly dozens of PoW dramas made in the mid-1950s, this is set in the infamous German fortress of the title. The story about the daring escapes undertaken by Allied prisoners has little time for the psychology of imprisonment, but the action is still well played — tense at times, music-hall jolly at others. John Mills plays Pat Reid, on whose first-hand account the film is based, and Eric Portman, Ian Carmichael, Lionel Jeffries and Bryan Forbes are the other inmates of heroic hue.
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Probably the most convincing of the British accounts of POW life, with a careful balance of tragedy and comedy against a background of humdrum, boring daily existence. A TV series followed in 1972.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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was a most enjoyable film its been quite a number of years since i watched this film last
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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was a most enjoyable film its been quite a number of years since i watched this film last
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