The One That Got Away (1957)A cocky German flight officer is shot down over England and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again. Director:Roy Ward Baker |
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The One That Got Away (1957)A cocky German flight officer is shot down over England and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again. Director:Roy Ward Baker |
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| Hardy Krüger | ... |
Franz Von Werra
(as Hardy Kruger)
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Colin Gordon | ... |
Army Interrogator
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| Michael Goodliffe | ... |
R.A.F. Interrogator
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Terence Alexander | ... |
R.A.F. Intelligence Officer
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| Jack Gwillim | ... |
Commandant, Grizedale
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Andrew Faulds | ... |
Lieutenant, Grizedale
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Julian Somers | ... |
Booking Clerk
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| Alec McCowen | ... |
Duty Officer, Hucknall
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Harry Lockart | ... |
German Prisoner
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Robert Crewdson | ... |
German Prisoner
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George Mikell | ... |
German Prisoner
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George Roubicek | ... |
German Prisoner
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John Van Eyssen | ... |
German Prisoner
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Frederick Jaeger | ... |
German Prisoner
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| Richard Marner | ... |
German Prisoner
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This is the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war to escape from imprisonment in Britain during the Second World War. Written by Patrick Dominick <p-dominick@adfa.oz.au>
I first saw this movie as a child in my small local cinema. It had a profound effect on my (and my friends) attitude to the German people, (remember that this was only 12 years after the war) Our whole concept of Germans as 'nasty baddies' was turned on its head. It was probably the first step (I was six years old) in my realisation that things are not black or white. The scene with Hardy Kruger hiding from his pursuers behind a stone wall wearing flying boots is still etched in my mind more than forty years later