The Colditz Story
6.8
62 votes
1955
1h 34m
War
Drama
Overview
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.
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Top cast
John Mills
Pat Reid
Eric Portman
Colonel Richmond
Frederick Valk
Kommandant
Denis Shaw
Priem
Lionel Jeffries
Harry Tyler
Christopher Rhodes
'Mac' McGill
Richard Wattis
Richard Gordon
Ian Carmichael
Robin Cartwright
Bryan Forbes
Jimmy Winslow
Theodore Bikel
Vandy
Eugene Deckers
La Tour
Anton Diffring
Hauptmann Fischer
Guido Lorraine
Polish officerW
Witold Sikorski
Polish OfficerA
A. Blichewicz
Polish OfficerB
B. Dolinski
Polish OfficerL
Leo Bieber
German InterpreterR
Rudolph Offenbach
Dutch ColonelK
Keith Pyott
French ColonelA
Arthur Butcher
Polish ColonelDetails
Status
Released
Release date
January 25, 1955
Budget
$600K
Revenue
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Language
English, French, German, Polish
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