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The Wooden Horse (1950)
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Eric Williams (novel)
Release Date:
14 September 1950 (Sweden)
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Plot:
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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Better Than the Great Escape
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Leo Genn | ... | Peter |
| David Tomlinson | ... | Phil |
| Anthony Steel | ... | John |
 | David Greene | ... | Bennett |
 | Peter Burton | ... | Nigel |
| Patrick Waddington | ... | Senior British Officer |
 | Michael Goodliffe | ... | Robbie |
| Anthony Dawson | ... | Pomfret |
| Bryan Forbes | ... | Paul |
| Dan Cunningham | ... | David |
 | Peter Finch | ... | Australian in Hospital |
| Philip Dale | ... | Bill White |
| Russell Waters | ... | 'Wings' Cameron |
| Ralph Ward | ... | Adjutant |
| Franz Schafheitlin | ... | Camp Commandant |
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101 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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The events on which the film is based took place at the same prisoner of war camp (Stalag Luft III) and at the same time as the events in the much better-known film of the same genre, The Great Escape (1963). The escape committee of prisoners that was planning the latter decided that other escape activity had to be going on at the same time so that life in the camp would appear normal to the Germans. It was the Wooden Horse tunnel that fell into this category.
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[Doctor, visiting prisoners in hospital, hears they are listening to music by Beethoven]
Doctor: Ah, Beethoven. He is a good German.
Prisoner: [calls out from the background] Yes. He's dead.
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Doctor: Ah, Beethoven. He is a good German.
Prisoner: [calls out from the background] Yes. He's dead.
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Referenced in "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet: Au Revoir: Part 2 (#5.2)" (2004)
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This unsung quiet gem tells the true story of a POW escape during WW II. The performances are incredible, especially Anthony Steele. The movie works on many different levels: cerebral, emotional, visual, and literal. The dialogue is ingenious and rings very true. In fact, an unusual all-around authenticity puts this one head-and-shoulders above most war epics.