Digging The Great Escape
Overview
The classic movie "The Great Escape" was based on a real life escape attempt during the second world war. This documentary follows Archaeologists who are trying to find the original tunnels dug by the real prisoners of war who escaped. Some of the surviving prisoners also join the team to assist with the tunnel locations and to describe what it was really like to live that situation. In an effort to understand the technical details of how this feet of ingenuity was achieved, the team recreate some of the equipment used by the prisoners.
Release date
28/11/2011
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Jack Lyon
Himself
Richard Osgood
Self - MoD Archaeologist
Paul McGann
narrator
Frank Stone
Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45
Alan Bryett
Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45
Howard Tuck
Self Historian
Philip Westwood
Self - Chief Engineer
Tony Pollard
Self - Chief Archaeologist
John Le Cornu
Self - Royal Air Force
Original Soundtrack
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Night and Fog
Saving Private Ryan
100,000,000 Women
I Wish I Were a Pigeon
Une vie avec Oradour
Letters from Iwo Jima
Home Front
Suzanne
Enemy at the Gates
Das Tal der sieben Monde
Munich, or Peace in Our Time
Europa Europa
The Tóth Family
Flame & Citron
Steps Through the Mist
The Longest Day
Black Book
Eagles Fly Early
The Final Countdown
The Thin Red Line