The Great Escape
The Great Escape

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The Great Escape

8.5(4 votes)
2017
0h 53m
DocumentaryHistoryWar
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Overview

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.