The Colditz Story
6.8(61) 1955-01-25 94 minWarDrama
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.
DirectorGuy Hamilton
WriterGuy Hamilton
WriterIvan Foxwell
WriterWilliam Douglas-Home
ProducerIvan Foxwell
Cast & characters
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
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Witold Sikorski
as Polish Officer
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A. Blichewicz
as Polish Officer
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B. Dolinski
as Polish Officer
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Leo Bieber
as German Interpreter
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Rudolph Offenbach
as Dutch Colonel
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Keith Pyott
as French Colonel
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Arthur Butcher
as Polish Colonel
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David Yates
as Dick
Carl Duering
as —
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Ludwik Lawinski
as —
Peter Swanwick
as —
