The Great Escape 1963

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 165 min

genre: adventure

theme: epic

director: John Sturges

Score: 8 / 10

The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic war suspense adventure film starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough and featuring James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton and Angus Lennie. It was filmed in Panavision, and its musical score was composed by Elmer Bernstein.

Plot

In 1943, a group of Allied POWs who have repeatedly escaped from camps across the Third Reich are moved to a new camp under the command of Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger. He warns British Group Captain Ramsey—the highest-ranked POW officer and their de facto leader—that any man who escapes will be shot. Privately von Luger opposes such measures, but the Gestapo, tired of the disruption caused by breakouts elsewhere, has threatened to intervene if the Luftwaffe cannot stop them for good.

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Cast

More details

author	James Clavell W. R. Burnett Walter Newman
award	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Germany
director	John Sturges
editor	Ferris Webster
events	flight
genre	adventure crime drama historical
keywords	a new camp adolf hitler air raid allied allies of world war ii attempt to escape black market break out camp captain capture claustrophobic colonel dig fly fourth of july france france during world war ii french resistance gestapo group captain hear hide hitler\'s jump load luftwaffe mask moonshine myopia nazi german oberst plan pow prisoner of war raf railway station resistance royal air force shot dead spain spain during world war ii speak squadron leader stalag luft iii stalag luft iii murders sweden sweden during world war ii third reich train united states army air forces usaaf
musicBy	Elmer Bernstein
nomination	Academy Award for Best Film Editing
producer	John Sturges
productionCompany	The Mirisch Company
publisher	United Artists
recordedAt	Großhesselohe station
theme	epic prison war