The Colditz Story
6.9
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.
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Cast
26 people
John Mills
Pat Reid
Known for
Great Expectations
Gandhi
Eric Portman
Colonel Richmond
Known for
A Canterbury Tale
49th Parallel
Frederick Valk
Kommandant
Known for
Dead of Night
Night Train to Munich
Denis Shaw
Priem
Known for
The Prisoner
The Mummy
Lionel Jeffries
Harry Tyler
Known for
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Murder Ahoy
Christopher Rhodes
'Mac' McGill
Known for
Gorgo
El Cid
Richard Wattis
Richard Gordon
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Prince and the Showgirl
Ian Carmichael
Robin Cartwright
Known for
School for Scoundrels
I'm All Right Jack
Bryan Forbes
Jimmy Winslow
Known for
The Guns of Navarone
Quatermass 2
Theodore Bikel
Vandy
Known for
The African Queen
My Fair Lady
Eugene Deckers
La Tour
Known for
The Restaurant
North West Frontier
Anton Diffring
Hauptmann Fischer
Known for
Fahrenheit 451
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Guy Hamilton Director · William Douglas-Home Writer Ivan Foxwell Writer
Budget $600K · United States release January 25, 1955 · Produced in United Kingdom, Germany
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Budget
$600,000
Production
Ivan Foxwell Productions
Production
British Lion Films
Production
United Kingdom · Germany
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Polish
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 25, 1955
Theatrical
United States · January 25, 1955
Theatrical
Austria
March 2, 1962 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1956 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 2, 1956 · Theatrical
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