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Director:
Writers:
Kendal Burt (book)
Howard Clewes (screenplay)
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Release Date:
2 December 1957 (Sweden) more
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Plot:
This is the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war taken in Britain... more | add synopsis
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They don't make 'em like this anymore more (22 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:
106 min | UK:111 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The German version is titled "Einer kam durch" which roughly translates as "One Came Through". more
Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
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. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Question of Faith (2006) (V) more

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22 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
They don't make 'em like this anymore, 6 December 2004
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Author: robert-turner-1 from United Kingdom

"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.

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