Suuri pakoretki/The Great Escape DVD

Product Information

• John Sturges's dramatisation of the true story of a group of British, American, and Canadian POWs who executed a massive escape from Stalag Luft III in Upper Silesia in March 1944, stars Steve McQueen as the rebellious Virgil Hilts. The German high command has filtered out all the most talented escape artists of the Allies' and placed them in a POW camp specifically designed to foil any unwanted departures. Of course, as soon as they arrive, the prisoners begin work on a series of tunnels under the direction of Roger Big X Bartlett (Richard Attenborough). He assigns the POWs to jobs according to their specialties: Bob Scrounger Hendley (James Garner) steals necessary items, Eric Dispersal Ashley-Pitt (David McCallum) hides the soil being dug from the tunnels, and Danny the Tunnel King Willinski (Charles Bronson) and Colin the Forger Blythe (Donald Pleasence) have self-explanatory handles. For more than a year, 600 prisoners, most of whom won't be leaving, work toward an escape that will temporarily disrupt the operations of the German army.

• Actor

  James Coburn, Richard Attenborough, David McCallum, Steve McQueen, Angus Lennie, John Leyton, Jud Taylor, Gordon Jackson, Charles Bronson, James Garner, Donald Pleasence, Nigel Stock, James Donald

• Director

  John Sturges

• Subtitle Language

  DutchEnglishFrenchGermanNorwegianPolishPortugueseSpanish

• Format

  DVD

• Release Year

  2000

• Language

  English

• Features

  Return To The Great Escape Making Of DocumentaryOriginal US Theatrical TrailerBookletInteractive MenuChapter Search, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

• Aspect Ratio

  2.35 Wide Screen4:3 Full Frame

• Genre

  War

• Run Time

  172 mins

Additional Product Features

• Production Designer

  Fernando Carrere

• Number of Discs

  1

• Dubbing Languages

  GermanFrenchSpanishItalian

• Hearing Impaired

  English German