The Great Escape
On March 24, 1944, in the heart of Nazi Germany, 76 British, Canadian, Norwegian and French pilots who were held in Stalag Luft III, a prison camp of the Luftwaffe, escaped. Unique testimony from the last survivors, recreations and today’s digital images sheds new light on the audacious escape.
Top Cast
Thierry Debrune
Narrator (voice)
Jack Lyon
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
Charles Clarke
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
David Fraser
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
Howard Tuck
Himself - Historian
Guy Walters
Himself - Historian
Simon Pearson
Himself - Biographer
Colin Kirby-Green
Himself - Captain T. Kirby-Green's Son
More Like This
The Dirty Dozen
Fahrenheit 9/11
To End All Wars
Au Revoir les Enfants
Sea Raiders
The Arctic Convoy
Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy
Fort Saganne
Triple Cross
Les Misérables
G.I. Jane
Decision Before Dawn
Lions for Lambs
The Lamp Still Burns
Titanic's Tragic Twin: The Britannic Disaster
The Peaks of Zelengore
My Father's War
The French Revolution
And the Violins Stopped Playing
Sunflower