The Colditz Story is an intriguing and occasionally humorous depiction of the real-life adventures of British and Polish prisoners of war who plot an escape from a German maximum-security prison in ...

Released a mere decade after the conclusion of World War Two, this war film brilliantly encapsulates the true terrors of the era, boasting an all-star cast. The Colditz Story is hailed as a classic ...

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 ...

This story is part of the February 11 edition of Good Weekend. See all stories. Ben Macintyre has written more than a dozen books about World War II and the Cold War ...