One that Got Away

Duration: 110 min

Genre: world war ii

Year Published: 1957

Creator: LCA

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Credits: Cast: Hardy Krüger, Michael Goodliffe, Alec McCowen

Copyright: Registered 11Nov57 · LF326 (Jan-Jun 1976) Copyright holder: The Rank Organisation Film Productions, Ltd

Description: Presents a biography of a captured pilot who became the only German prisoner of war to escape from British captivity during World War II. Directed by Roy Baker. Starring Hardy Kruger. Franz von Werra (Hardy Krüger) is shot down during the Battle of Britain and captured. He wagers with his RAF interrogator that he will escape within six months. Von Werra is sent to No 1 prisoner-of-war camp Grizedale Hall in the Furness area of Lancashire. His first escape attempt results in his recapture after an intense manhunt. He impersonates a Dutch pilot and claims his Wellington bomber crashed while on a secret mission.

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