Escape from Colditz

Summary In the final months of World War II, prisoners of war in Colditz began building a glider to fly out of the camp. However the war ended before they could try it. Now Dr Hugh Hunt, an engineer from Cambridge University, leads a team of aeronautical engineers and carpenters who build a replica glider from the original plans, using only the materials and improvised tools that the POWs used. They then fly it from Colditz to see if the escape would have succeeded. View more details

Escape from Colditz

Directed : Tom Cook Ian Duncan

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jim Carter Hugh Hunt L.J.E. Goldfinch Sir Sebastian Roberts

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Genres : War Documentary

Release date : Aug 12, 2012

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Colditz Castle, Saxony, Germany

Production companies : Channel 4 Television Corporation Windfall Films

Summary In the final months of World War II, prisoners of war in Colditz began building a glider to fly out of the camp. However the war ended before they could try it. Now Dr Hugh Hunt, an engineer from Cambridge University, leads a team of aeronautical engineers and carpenters who build a replica glider from the original plans, using only the materials and improvised tools that the POWs used. They then fly it from Colditz to see if the escape would have succeeded. View more details

Details

Genres : War Documentary

Release date : Aug 12, 2012

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Colditz Castle, Saxony, Germany

Production companies : Channel 4 Television Corporation Windfall Films

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