The Colditz Story on DVD (1954)

Average rating: 73%

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3 Critics reviews
7 Members reviews

Starring:	John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael
Director:	Guy Hamilton
Studio:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time:	93 mins
Certificate:
Genres:	Action/Adventure, Drama
Languages:	English
Released:	21/02/2005

Brief synopsis of 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.

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Critics Reviews

Radio Times

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.

Rating of 2
stars out of 4 Halliwell's Film Guide

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.

Time Out

The temptation to label this escapist entertainment is just too great. Actually, it's a prosaically inspirational... Read more on www.timeout.com

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