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The Great Escape

8.5/ 10201753m

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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.

Directed by Anna Kwak-Sialelli

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Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Thierry Debrune

Thierry Debrune

Narrator (voice)

Jack Lyon

Jack Lyon

Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner

Charles Clarke

Charles Clarke

Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner

David Fraser

David Fraser

Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner

Howard Tuck

Himself - Historian

Guy Walters

Guy Walters

Himself - Historian

Simon Pearson

Himself - Biographer

Colin Kirby-Green

Himself - Captain T. Kirby-Green's Son