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The One That Got Away (1957)
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2 December 1957 (Sweden)
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This is the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war taken in Britain...
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Escape
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They don't make 'em like this anymore
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Hardy Krüger | ... | Franz von Werra |
 | Michael Goodliffe | ... | RAF Interrogator |
| Colin Gordon | ... | Army Interrogator |
| Alec McCowen | ... | Duty Officer, Hucknall |
| Terence Alexander | ... | RAF Intelligence Officer |
 | Jack Gwillim | ... | Commandant, Grizedale |
| Andrew Faulds | ... | Lieutenant, Grizedale |
| Julian Somers | ... | Booking Clerk |
| Harry Lockart | ... | German Prisoner |
| Robert Crewdson | ... | German Prisoner |
| George Mikell | ... | German Prisoner |
| George Roubicek | ... | German Prisoner |
| John Van Eyssen | ... | German Prisoner |
| Frederick Jaeger | ... | German Prisoner |
| Richard Marner | ... | German Prisoner |
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106 min | UK:111 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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The German version is titled "Einer kam durch" which roughly translates as "One Came Through".
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Anachronisms: When Von Werra ducks beside the ice-covered road to avoid a car, the car is an early '50's Chrysler product, even though the story is set in the winter of 1940-41.
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Franz von Werra:
Hello, RAF intelligence? Hello, RAF. I'm looking for the microphone hidden near the window of my room. This is Oberluetnant Von Werra calling the RAF, are you recieving me? Werra calling and testing.
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Referenced in A Question of Faith (2006) (V)
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"The One that got away" is an outstanding World War Two adventure, based on the legendary exploits of Franz Von Werra - the only Luftwaffe Officer to escape from Allied captivity.
The film is now considered by many to be something of a minor classic, and it really isn't difficult to see why.
What particularly impressed me, was how Roy Ward Baker managed to create a genuine empathy between Von Werra (brilliantly portrayed here by Hardy Kruger) and the audience without resorting to cliché or racial stereotyping. Accepted, Von Werra may be representing one of the most vile regimes in history but you desperately want him to succeed, and it's real edge of the seat stuff to see if he can pull it off.
Head and shoulders above most other British war movies produced during this era, it just gets better and better every time I see it.