The great escape ii the untold story 1988 rarewarfilms. It was the mass escape of allied soldiers from the german prisoner of war camp stalag luft iii, the story of which was forever immortalised in the 1963 film the great escape, starring steve mcqueen. The great escape was not the first escape attempt from stalag luft iii many attempts had been made to dig tunnels out of the camp. Download the great escape ii the untold story fast and for free. During the first of its two parts, the great escape ii. In 1943, oliver philpot, eric williams and michael codner successfully escaped from stalag luft iii by digging a tunnel under the perimeter fence concealed by a wooden vaulting horse. With derek jacobi, connor williams, richard campbell, mark wainwright. The untold story 1988 with cast christopher reeve, judd hirsch, tony denison. The stalag luft iii was a prison camp on germanys border with poland. This madefor tv movie, features the struggle of a group of english and american soldiers as they attempt to escape their world war ii prison.
It held 10,000 allied airmen of all nationalities during the second world war, and was escape proof. The untold story of world war iis great escapes, by henry chancellor. Jud taylor, paul wendkos director of the movie the great escape ii. Dec 31, 20 the great escape 1963 movie movieclipsfilm.
The untold story the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. The film features the exploits of major johnnie dodge christopher reeve. The untold story 1988 a former pow leads a special task force to the nazi concentration camp where several of his comrades were executed. A fictional, madefortelevision sequel, the great escape ii. With christopher reeve, judd hirsch, tony denison, charles haid.
The untold story documentary the real virgil hilts. Truth is, the great escape is a fantastic film, one i revisit every year or two, but this release, framed in its original 2. You can watch this full movie free with english subtitles on movie television channels, renting the dvd or with vod services video on demand player, hulu and ppv pay per view. The film features the exploits of major johnnie dodge christopher reeve, an americanborn british army officer and follows his journey to freedom after the. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, realistic and serious films with plots about world war two, nazi, escape, prison, nazis, prisoner and murder mostly in drama, war and action genres. Hilts tangles with the commandant for the first time and is sent to the cooler.
The film features the exploits of major johnnie dodge played by christopher reeve, an americanborn british army officer and cousin of winston churchill, and. The untold story tv movie 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The untold story 1988 released on 6 november 1988 in usa. This movie shows the aftermath, as allied investigators track down the. Nov 11, 2017 within a month, the camp would be the scene of arguably the most notorious and determined prison break of the war, one that would be glamourized in the movie the great escape. The great escape ii the untold story torrents yourbittorrent. This documentary tells the story of the brave and resourceful. Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the nazis. Roger bartlett, big x, arrives at the camp and immediately reveals his plan to engineer the biggest escape from a german pow camp in history. Review by cecil hopps i am shocked how relatively not terrible this movie is.
The untold story is a 1988 american madefortelevision actionadventure drama film and a sequel to the great escape 1963 starring christopher reeve, judd hirsch, anthony denison, ian mcshane, charles haid and donald pleasence in a supporting role in the 1963 original pleasence had played flightlieutenant colin blythe. This is a retelling of the great escape of british officers from stalag luft 3, a story previously told in 1963s the great escape starring james garner and steve mcqueen. The untold story 1988 cast and crew a former pow leads a special task force to the nazi concentration camp where several of his comrades were executed. Many of the escape s key players the tunnel designer, excavators, forgers, scroungers,security and intelligence personnel,keeper of the secret radio and lots of security stooges and sanddispersal penguins were canadians. The family photos tell a story of a young man who loved life. Jan 01, 2014 this story also add a new layer of texture to the film the great escape, as some of the players from that story had their origin in this escape, as well as the book colditz. You can watch this full movie free with english subtitles on movie television channels, renting the dvd or with vod services video on demand player, hulu and ppv pay per view, netflix.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie the great escape ii. But for allied prisoners of war, it was their duty to escape. This event was portrayed in the 1950 film the wooden horse. More the great escape ii the untold story available on the site. For his book the great escape, his english editors changed it to stalag luft iii, and such has been its influence on popular culture that stalag luft iii it has remained. The untold story ww2 pow documentary timeline duration. This is a retelling of the great escape of british officers from stalag luft. The untold story is a 1988 american madefortelevision actionadventure drama film and a sequel to the great escape 1963 starring christopher reeve, judd hirsch, anthony denison, ian mcshane, charles haid and donald pleasence in a supporting role in the 1963 original pleasence had played flightlieutenant colin blythe, the forger. Return to the great escape, bringing fact to fiction, preparations for freedom, the flight to freedom, and a standing ovation photo gallery original theatrical trailer. Tv movie followup to the john sturges film the great escape.
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