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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The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
Rome, Open City
To Be or Not to Be
Battle of Britain Empty Skies
Das Boot
Voices of Midway
The Pianist
Schindler's List
The English Patient
Nazi Guerillas
Memory of the Camps
The Fighting Liberator
Tomka and His Friends
Pope Vs. Hitler
Hitler's 9/11
Operation Mincemeat
Stalag 17
Soldier of Orange
Son of Man