The Colditz Story
1955 · directed by Guy Hamilton
- Rating
- 69/100
- Hit
- no
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.
The Colditz Story (1955), directed by Guy Hamilton, rates 69/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- John Mills
- Eric Portman
- Frederick Valk
- Denis Shaw
- Lionel Jeffries
- Christopher Rhodes
- Richard Wattis
- Ian Carmichael
- Bryan Forbes
- Theodore Bikel
Crew
- Gordon Dines — Director of Photography
- Peter Mayhew — Editor
- Guy Hamilton — Writer
- Ivan Foxwell — Writer
- William Douglas-Home — Writer
More from Guy Hamilton
- Goldfinger (1964) — 82/100 · hit
- An Inspector Calls (1954) — 74/100
- Evil Under the Sun (1982) — 72/100
- Live and Let Die (1973) — 64/100
- Funeral in Berlin (1966) — 64/100
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971) — 63/100
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