![]() ![]() The rest were recaptured, several of them at the last moment. Seventy-six were able to escape, but only three made it out of Germany. Tricksters forged documents, suborned the guards, and acquired needed equipment, while others dug secret tunnels. The prisoners promptly formed an escape committee, which coordinated a mass breakout. ![]() Inspired by the true story of a mass escape from a German WW2 prison camp, by way of Paul Brickhill's ( now nearly forgotten) autobiographical account.ĭuring World War II, the Germans decided to put all the Allied prisoners with a record of escaping in the same supposedly escape-proof camp, Stalag Luft III. The Great Escape is a classic 1963 war film, directed by John Sturges and featuring a veritable All-Star Cast including Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, David McCallum and Donald Pleasence. ![]()
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