The Great Escape

53m
DocumentaryHistoryWar
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

Thierry Debrune
Narrator (voice)
Jack Lyon
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
Charles Clarke
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
David Fraser
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
Howard Tuck
Himself - Historian
Guy Walters
Himself - Historian
Simon Pearson
Himself - Biographer
Colin Kirby-Green
Himself - Captain T. Kirby-Green's Son

Crew

Anna Kwak-Sialelli
Director, Writer
Benjamin Malherbe
Graphic Novel Illustrator
Alexandre Basso
Editor
Sophie Jeaneau
Executive Producer, Production Supervisor
Matthieu Jean-Toscani
Line Producer
Fabrice Buysschaert
Camera Operator
Laurent Fouchet
Sound Mixer

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