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The Colditz Story

1955 · 94 min

A quietly gripping, good-humoured wartime escape story that balances camaraderie and loss with matter-of-fact suspense.

Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Genres: War, Drama
Starring: John Mills, Eric Portman, Frederick Valk

Overview: The Germans believed that no man could escape from Colditz Castle, set as it was in the heart of the Reich, 400 miles from any neutral frontier. This film, based on Pat Reid's epic novel, tells the story of how the British, French, Dutch and Polish prisoners of war who were incarcerated in Colditz set out to prove their captors wrong.

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Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Genres: War, Drama
Starring: John Mills, Eric Portman, Frederick Valk

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
loyalty
war
friendship
freedom
Places: prison
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	8
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Tension	6
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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