Digging The Great Escape
Original title: Digging The Great Escape
Original language: enIMDB: tt2141695
TMDB: 272018
Release date: Monday, 28th November 2011
Adult: No
Genres:
DocumentaryWar
Duration: 1h 12min
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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.
Popularity: 0.476
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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.
Directors
Paul Nelson (Director)
(Director)Brian Rice (Director)
(Director)Writers
Cast
Jack Lyon
(Himself)
(Himself)Richard Osgood (Self - MoD Archaeologist)
(Self - MoD Archaeologist)Paul McGann
(narrator)
(narrator)Frank Stone (Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45)
(Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45)Alan Bryett (Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45)
(Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45)Howard Tuck (Self Historian)
(Self Historian)Philip Westwood (Self - Chief Engineer)
(Self - Chief Engineer)Tony Pollard (Self - Chief Archaeologist)
(Self - Chief Archaeologist)John Le Cornu (Self - Royal Air Force)
(Self - Royal Air Force)Videos
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