World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons.
World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 Prisioneros y prisiones alemanes Teatro.
Videos (DVD)
Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog stellen geallieerde krijgsgevangenen alles in het werk om een Duits kamp in Silezië te ontvluchten.
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history-who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted.
Drama
In un campo di concentramento nazista di massima sicurezza un gruppo di prigionieri alleati, guidati da un ufficiale scanzonato e da uno spericolato motociclista, progettano una fuga spettacolare come azione diversiva per sottrarre truppe naziste al fronte. (Mereghetti).
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Features
A World War II melodrama about the escape of 76 Allied airmen from Stalag 3, a notorious P.O.W German prison camp.
True story of 76 Allied airmen who struggle against overwhelming odds to escape from Stalag 3, a notorious maximum security prison.
English Department. Duration: 165 minutes.
The true story of 76 allied airmen who plot a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II. They struggle against overwhelming odds to obtain freedom.
Des officiers alliés récidivistes de l'évasion sont regroupés dans un stalag sous haute surveillance allemande pendant la dernière guerre. Sous la direction de leur colonel, ils préparent une évasion massive par des tunnels. Une alerte fournit le prétexte. Près de 80 militaires se sauvent. La chasse est donnée. Beaucoup seront repris comme Hilts malgré une superbe fuite en moto, Blythe est tué, d'autres fusillés, Velinski réussit.
Action and adventure films
Fiction films
The true story of a massive escape from Stalag 3 by 76 Allied airmen in World War II.
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history.
A fictionalized version of the unprecedented escape from Stalag Luft III. A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape.
Film adaptations
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the most skilled escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history who worked together to achieve the largest prison breakout ever attempted.
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history brilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson and James Coburn - who worked on what, became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time, The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges, screenwriters James Clavell and W.R. Burnett and composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story, The Great Escape is epic entertainment that entertains, captivates, thrills and stirs (Variety).
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Fiction
A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape.
The great escape = La grande fuga
"In 1943 the Germans opened Stalag Luft North, a maximum security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted"--Container.
The true story of 76 Allied airmen who, during World War II, plotted a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum-security German prison camp.
Allied P.O.W.s plan an escape from a high-security German camp during World War II.
DVD-Videodiscs
A German P.O.W. camp where American, British, Canadians prisoners join together in a mass break for freedom.
Prisoners-of-war attempt to escape from the Germans new, maximum security prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag Luft.
Feature films
War films
Gesprengte Ketten : nach einem Buch von Paul Brickhill
Recounts the story of 76 Allied airmen who plot a massive breakout from Stalog Luft III - a notorious Nazi maximum security prison.
Prisoner of war films and programs
A high-security German P.O.W. camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape.
Based on true events, a group of allied prisoners of war are all put in an 'escape proof' camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the film is played for comedy as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use boats, trains and planes to get out of occupied Europe.
Retour sur la Grande évasion [Ressource électronique]
Grande fuga
A high-security German P.O. W. camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape.
Based on the true story of 76 Allied airmen who, during World War II, plotted a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum-security German prison camp.
Based on the true story of a massive planned escape from Stalag Luft North, opened in 1943 as a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp. In creating it, the Nazis had unwittingly assembled the finest of escape teams.
Based on the true story of Allied servicemen during World War II who tunneled their way out of a German prison camp to freedom with nothing but guts, perseverance and ingenuity.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Great escape
Personal narratives
The Great escape
Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog stellen geallieerde krijgsgevangenen alles in het werk om uit een Duits kamp in Silezië te ontvluchten.
The great escape
Based on a true story of a mass breakout from a Nazi detention camp by prisoners of war during World War II.
A World War II melodrama about the escape of British and American flyers from a maximum-security German prison camp.
The true story of 76 Allied airmen who plotted a massive escape from a maximum-security German prison camp during World War II.
Avventuroso (Genere)
Great escape (Motion picture)
During World War Two, a collection of hardened Allied prisoners are kept in an 'escape-proof' German camp. Led by the 'Big X' (Richard Attenborough), the men formulate a plan for a mass breakout, digging three tunnels - Tom, Dick and Harry. The team behind the escape includes a near-blind forger of passports (Donald Pleasance), a claustrophobic tunnel-digger (Charles Bronson) and the independent American 'Cooler King' (Steve McQueen). With men like that on their side, how can they fail?
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 Relatos personales ingles Teatro.
World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, English Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, English.
Stalag Luft 3 (Zagań, Poland : Concentration camp)
World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German Fiction.
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