. . "Silverton Productions." . . . "Made-for-TV movies" . . "Action and adventure films" . "Fiction films" . . "Birdmen (Motion picture)" . . "War films" . . . "Drama" . . . . . . . . . . . "Feature films" . . . . "Colditz escape of the birdmen" . . "During World War II, American soldier Harry Cook and his team are sent to Norway to aid in the defection of Halden Brevik, a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Captured by the Germans and sent to the Colditz POW prison camp in an alpine castle on the German-Swiss border, Cook must find a way to escape with the scientist before the Gestapo discovers the Norwegian's true identity. The prisoners pin their hopes for freedom on a homemade glider." .