The Great Escape
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
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- Adventure
- Drama
- Thriller
- War
- History
Overview
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Keywords
- dystopia
- based on novel or book
- optimism
- prison
- prison escape
- 1940s
- epic
- based on true story
- tragedy
- swastika
- nazi
- world war ii
- soldiers
- escape
- freedom
- prison guard
- shower
- baseball
- alps mountains
- prisoner of war
- audacious
- machinegun
- motorcycle
- attempt to escape
- prisoner
- famous score
- claustrophobia
- barbed wire
- hopeful
- switzerland
- uniform
- solitary confinement
- british officer
- luftwaffe
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 3, 1963
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, German, French, Russian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists,The Mirisch Company
- Cast
- Steve McQueen,James Garner,Richard Attenborough,James Donald,Charles Bronson,Donald Pleasence,James Coburn,Hannes Messemer,David McCallum,Gordon Jacksonand 17 more
- Director
- John Sturges
- Producer
- John Sturges,James Clavell,Walter Mirisch
- Cinematography
- Daniel L. Fapp
- Music
- Elmer Bernstein
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Revenue
- $11,700,000
- IMDb
- tt0057115