The Colditz Story
movie
Released January 25, 1955
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.
Cast
John Mills
as
Pat Reid
Eric Portman
as
Colonel Richmond
Frederick Valk
as
Kommandant
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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
Crew
Guy Hamilton
as
Director
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Ted Sturgis
as
Second Assistant Director
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John Shinerock
as
Clapper Loader
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Ivan Foxwell
as
Writer
Guy Hamilton
as
Writer
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Ivan Foxwell
as
Producer
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William Douglas-Home
as
Writer
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Gordon Dines
as
Director of Photography
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Peter Mayhew
as
Editor
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Francis Chagrin
as
Music