While WWII Allied officer Jack Rose is held prisoner in Germany's notorious Colditz Castle, he recruits a band of fellow escape artists in the ultimate break-out only to discover that the greatest betrayal awaits him on safe ground.
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Series Cast
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Nicholas McGrade
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| Sophia Myles | ... |
Lizzie Carter
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| Tom Hardy | ... |
Jack
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| Laurence Fox | ... |
Willis
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| James Fox | ... |
Lt. Colonel Fordham
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| Timothy West | ... |
Bunny Warren
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| Jason Priestley | ... |
Rhett Barker
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| Guy Henry | ... |
Sawyer
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| Robert Whitelock | ... |
Venning
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| Scott Handy | ... |
Mullan
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| Juliet Howland | ... |
Mary
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| Eve Myles | ... |
Jill
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| Joseph Beattie | ... |
Barnes
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| Rüdiger Vogler | ... |
Fritz Werner
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| Luke Neal | ... |
Hewitt
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| Werner Daehn | ... |
Ullman
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| Armin Dillenberger | ... |
Meisner
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| Charles Edwards | ... |
Ellways
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Daniel Hawksford | ... |
Cole
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| Stephane Cornicard | ... |
Leblanc
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| Robert Cambrinus | ... |
Tony de Jongh
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| Charles Kay | ... |
Colonel Henry Cartwright, Military Attaché in Switzerland
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| Alex Avery | ... |
Collins
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| Daniel Weyman | ... |
Bell
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Petr Meissel | ... |
Jan Novak
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| Teresa Churcher | ... |
Woman with Baby
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| Pavel Kríz | ... |
Leipzig Contact
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Bogdan Cieslar | ... |
Polish Translator
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| Paulina Nemcova | ... |
Swiss Woman in Bar
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Eva Kelemenová | ... |
Woman on Train
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Pavel Cajzl | ... |
Swiss Man in Bar
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Justin Svoboda | ... |
Soldier on Train
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| Joel Kirby | ... |
Soldier on Train
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Jiri Brezovska | ... |
German Guard
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Abigail Hayes | ... |
WVS Woman
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Lucie Brezovská | ... |
Farmer's Wife
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Blanka Jarosova | ... |
Mrs. M
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Production Companies
Distributors
- Contender Entertainment Group (2005) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Powercorp (2005) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- Bridge Entertainment Group (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- MTI Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Talpa (2006) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Timeless Media (2013) (United States) (DVD) (full-screen for Shout Factory)
- Hamburger Medien Haus (HMH) (2009) (Germany) (DVD) (and Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- ARRI Rental (grip and lighting equipment)
- Boom (sound post-production)
- CE VideoAssist Rental (VideoAssist equipment provided by)
- EXTRAfilms S.r.o. (extras casting agency)
- Pepper Post Production (post-production facilities)
- Shout! Factory (marketing)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
During World War II, four Britons tunnel out of a German POW camp. One is killed, two are recaptured and one escapes. Scottish Corporal Nicholas McGrade, the lone escapee, is a slacker and reluctant soldier, but is coerced into the secret MI9 Unit and participates in the facilitation of other escapes. Wills and Jack Rose, the two escapees who were recaptured, are transferred to Colditz, a medieval castle in Saxony which has been refitted as an escape-proof, high security institution to house recitative prisoners who repeatedly attempt to escape. At Rose's request, McGrade looks up Rose's girlfriend in Britain only to find out he is falling in love with her. When the faithful Lizzie rejects the advances of the smitten McGrade, he uses his influence to fake Jack's death so as to clear any obstacles to Lizzie. Written by duke1029@aol.com |
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| Taglines | Brothers In Arms... Rivals In Love See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | One of the reasons Colditz was suitable to be refitted as a POW camp was that it was built on an outcropping of solid rock, making tunneling almost impossible. After serving as a general POW camp in 1939, it was later converted into a high security camp for recidivist escapees, the only amp in which guards outnumbered prisoners, the majority of the which were initially British, French, Poles, and Dutch. All in all, 130 prisoners escaped the grounds but depending on the source referenced, only 30, 31, or 32 of these were ultimately "home runs." See more » |
| Goofs | At about 32 minutes into part two, Jack is leafing through a German magazine. The photo on the cover was taken about a year later, during the Battle of the Bulge. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Features Young and Innocent (1937). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Where or When? See more » |
| Quotes |
Lizzie Carter:
[as Nick is about to kiss her as they are dancing at the officer's club]
I should go. It's getting late. Nicholas McGrade: What, will you turn into a pumpkin or something? [laughs] See more » |