The Colditz Story
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The Colditz Story is a 1955 British war film dramatizing the real-life escape attempts of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious German fortress-turned-POW camp Colditz Castle during World War II.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colditz | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British war film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Colditz Story (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Pat Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gerald Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Allied prisoners of war
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escape attempts from POW camp ⓘ |
| director | Guy Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Rank Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | post-war British cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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prisoner-of-war film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | PG ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Allied forces in WWII
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military imprisonment ⓘ prison escape ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Francis Chagrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | planning and execution of POW escapes ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of Colditz Castle escapes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter | Pat Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysFacility | POW camp ⓘ |
| portraysOrganization |
British Army
NERFINISHED
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German military ⓘ |
| producer | Ivan Foxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ivan Foxwell Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource |
1952
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1953 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Guy Hamilton
NERFINISHED
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Ivan Foxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Colditz Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Anton Diffring
NERFINISHED
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Bryan Forbes NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Portman NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Valk NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Jeffries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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