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  • The Colditz Story (1955)
  • Not Rated
    94 min | Drama, History, War
The Colditz Story (1955)
Not Rated
94 min | Drama, History, War

Allied prisoners - British, Dutch, French and Polish - pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle known as "Colditz".
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P.R. Reid (novel) | Guy Hamilton (adaptation) (script) | Ivan Foxwell (adaptation) (script) | William Douglas-Home (dialogue) (as William Douglas Home)
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Release date
Oct 24, 1957 (United States)

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Name Known for
John Mills
Pat Reid Pat Reid   See fewer
Christopher Rhodes
'Mac' McGill 'Mac' McGill   See fewer
Lionel Jeffries
Harry Tyler Harry Tyler   See fewer
Bryan Forbes
Jimmy Winslow Jimmy Winslow   See fewer
Guido Lorraine
Polish Officer Polish Officer   See fewer
Witold Sikorski
Polish Officer Polish Officer   See fewer
A. Blichewicz
Polish Officer Polish Officer   See fewer
B. Dolinski
Polish Officer Polish Officer   See fewer
Anton Diffring
Fischer Fischer   See fewer
Richard Wattis
Richard Gordon Richard Gordon   See fewer
Ian Carmichael
Robin Cartwright Robin Cartwright   See fewer
Eric Portman
Colonel Richmond Colonel Richmond   See fewer
Frederick Valk
Kommandant Kommandant   See fewer
Leo Bieber
German Interpreter German Interpreter   See fewer
Denis Shaw
Priem Priem   See fewer
Rudolph Offenbach
Dutch Colonel Dutch Colonel   See fewer
Keith Pyott
French Colonel French Colonel   See fewer
Eugene Deckers
La Tour La Tour   See fewer
Arthur Butcher
Polish Colonel Polish Colonel   See fewer
Douglas Argent
British Officer British Officer   See fewer
Terence Brook
British Officer British Officer   See fewer
Frank Coburn
British Officer British Officer   See fewer
Eric Corrie
British Officer British Officer   See fewer
John Corrie
British Officer British Officer   See fewer
Anthony Faramus
British Officer British Officer   See fewer
Eric Lander
British Officer British Officer   See fewer
Kenneth Midwood
British Officer British Officer   See fewer
Peter Myers
British Officer British Officer   See fewer
Claude Le Saché
French Interpreter (as Claud Le Sache) French Interpreter (as Claud Le Sache)   See fewer
Zygmunt Rewkowski
Polish Interpreter Polish Interpreter   See fewer
Carl Duering
German Officer German Officer   See fewer
Ludwik Lawinski
Franz Josef Franz Josef   See fewer
Peter Swanwick
Lutyens (as Peter Swannick) Lutyens (as Peter Swannick)   See fewer
John G. Heller
German Guard (as John Heller) German Guard (as John Heller)   See fewer
Jean Driant
French Orderly French Orderly   See fewer
Jean Bacon
French Orderly French Orderly   See fewer
Frederick Schiller
German Soldier German Soldier   See fewer
Guy Deghy
German Soldier German Soldier   See fewer
Chris Adcock
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Beradi
Dutch POW (uncredited) Dutch POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddie Boyce
German Guard (uncredited) German Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Jim Brady
German Guard (uncredited) German Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Robin Burns
British POW at Concert (uncredited) British POW at Concert (uncredited)   See fewer
Ted Carroll
British POW (uncredited) British POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Tony Castleton
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Mike Conner
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Austin Cooper
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
George Crawford
British POW (uncredited) British POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Reggie de Beer
German Officer (uncredited) German Officer (uncredited)   See fewer
Steve Donahue
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Roy Everson
German Guard (uncredited) German Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Victor Harrington
British POW (uncredited) British POW (uncredited)   See fewer
George Holdcroft
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Lindsay Hooper
German Guard (uncredited) German Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
John Howard
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Arthur Howell
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Gordon Humphries
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Barry Johns
German Guard (uncredited) German Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Cyril Kent
Waiter (uncredited) Waiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Anthony Lang
British POW (uncredited) British POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Mandeville
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Richard Marner
Theatre Guard (uncredited) Theatre Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Jim Morris
German Guard (uncredited) German Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Hugh Moxey
British POW (uncredited) British POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Arthur Mullard
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Cecil Paul
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
David Phethean
British POW (uncredited) British POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Oscar Quitak
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
P.R. Reid
British POW (uncredited) British POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Ernie Rice
German Guard (uncredited) German Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Jimmy Scott
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Jeff Silk
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Guy Standeven
British POW (uncredited) British POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Emile Stemmler
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Brooks Turner
Woodcutter (uncredited) Woodcutter (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Vossler
German Guard (uncredited) German Guard (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Wadham
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
Johnny Wyne
POW (uncredited) POW (uncredited)   See fewer
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