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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Anna Kwak-Sialelli

2017

  • Documentary
  • History
  • War
8.5

On March 24, 1944, in the heart of Nazi Germany, 76 British, Canadian, Norwegian and French pilots who were held in Stalag Luft III, a prison camp of the Luftwaffe, escaped. Unique testimony from the last survivors, recreations and today’s digital images sheds new light on the audacious escape.

Cast & crew

  • Anna Kwak-SialelliDirector
  • Thierry DebruneNarrator (voice)
  • Jack LyonHimself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
  • Charles ClarkeHimself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
  • David FraserHimself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
  • Howard TuckHimself - Historian
  • Guy WaltersHimself - Historian
  • Simon PearsonHimself - Biographer
  • Colin Kirby-GreenHimself - Captain T. Kirby-Green's Son

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