Film
Digging The Great Escape 2011
72 min Documentary War
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.
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Cast
- Jack Lyon as Himself
- Richard Osgood as Self - MoD Archaeologist
- Paul McGann as narrator
- Frank Stone as Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45
- Alan Bryett as Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45
- Howard Tuck as Self Historian
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