Synopsis
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.
Cast

John Mills
Pat Reid

Eric Portman
Colonel Richmond

Frederick Valk
Kommandant

Denis Shaw
Priem

Lionel Jeffries
Harry Tyler

Christopher Rhodes
'Mac' McGill

Richard Wattis
Richard Gordon

Ian Carmichael
Robin Cartwright

Bryan Forbes
Jimmy Winslow

Theodore Bikel
Vandy

Eugene Deckers
La Tour

Anton Diffring
Hauptmann Fischer

Guido Lorraine
Polish officer
Witold Sikorski
Polish Officer
A. Blichewicz
Polish Officer
B. Dolinski
Polish Officer
Leo Bieber
German Interpreter
Rudolph Offenbach
Dutch Colonel
Keith Pyott
French Colonel
Arthur Butcher
Polish Colonel
David Yates
Dick

Carl Duering
Ludwik Lawinski

Peter Swanwick
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