The Great Escape

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adventure film film war film

The Great Escape is a 1963 World War II adventure film about a mass escape from a German POW camp, renowned for its ensemble cast, suspenseful plot, and iconic motorcycle chase sequence.

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The Great Escape canonical 22
The Great Escape (1963 film) 1
The Great Escape (Wired article) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Paul Brickhill ⓘ
basedOn The Great Escape self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Great Escape (book)
cinematographyBy Daniel L. Fapp ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Sturges ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Ferris Webster ⓘ
filmingLocation Bavaria Studios ⓘ
Bavaria ⓘ
surface form: Bavaria, West Germany
genre adventure film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasFilmScoreTheme The Great Escape self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Great Escape March
inspiredBy real events at Stalag Luft III ⓘ
mainSubject World War II ⓘ
prison escape ⓘ
prisoner-of-war camps ⓘ
musicBy Elmer Bernstein ⓘ
narrativeFeature ensemble cast ⓘ
mass escape plot ⓘ
notableScene motorcycle chase sequence ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Allied prisoners of war ⓘ
Luftwaffe-run POW camp ⓘ
producer John Sturges ⓘ
productionCompany The Mirisch Company ⓘ
publicationTypeOfSourceWork non-fiction book ⓘ
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1950 ⓘ
recognizedAs classic World War II film ⓘ
classic adventure film ⓘ
releaseDate 1963-07-04 ⓘ
releaseYear 1963 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 172 ⓘ
screenwriter James Clavell ⓘ
W. R. Burnett ⓘ
settingPlace German prisoner-of-war camp ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
settingTime World War II ⓘ
starring Charles Bronson ⓘ
David McCallum ⓘ
Donald Pleasence ⓘ
Gordon Jackson ⓘ
Hannes Messemer ⓘ
James Coburn ⓘ
James Donald ⓘ
James Garner ⓘ
Richard Attenborough ⓘ
Steve McQueen ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Great Escape (Wired article)
James Garner → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
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The Great Escape → hasFilmScoreTheme → The Great Escape self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Great Escape March
Donald Pleasence → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
Elmer Bernstein → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
James Coburn → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
David McCallum → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
Steve McQueen → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
Charles Bronson → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
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Walter Mirisch → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
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John Sturges → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
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Paul Brickhill → notableWork → The Great Escape ⓘ
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