The Colditz Story

Categories: War, Drama
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1955-01-25
Run time: 94 minute / 1:34
Budget: $600,000
Director: Guy Hamilton
Production Companies : Ivan Foxwell Productions, British Lion Films
Production Country: United Kingdom

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John Mills
as Pat Reid
Eric Portman
as Colonel Richmond
Frederick Valk
as Kommandant
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
Guido Lorraine
as Polish officer
Witold Sikorski
as Polish Officer
A. Blichewicz
as Polish Officer
B. Dolinski
as Polish Officer
Leo Bieber
as German Interpreter
Rudolph Offenbach
as Dutch Colonel
Keith Pyott
as French Colonel
Arthur Butcher
as Polish Colonel
David Yates
as Dick
Carl Duering
Ludwik Lawinski
Peter Swanwick
John G. Heller
Guy Deghy
Directing
Guy Hamilton Director
Ted Sturgis Second Assistant Director

Camera
John Shinerock Clapper Loader

Writing
Ivan Foxwell Writer
Guy Hamilton Writer

Production
Ivan Foxwell Producer

Writing
William Douglas-Home Writer

Camera
Gordon Dines Director of Photography

Editing
Peter Mayhew Editor

Sound
Francis Chagrin Music





















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