
On March 24, 1944, in the heart of Nazi Germany, 76 British, Canadian, Norwegian and French pilots who were held in Stalag Luft III, a prison camp of the Luftwaffe, escaped. Unique testimony from the last survivors, recreations and today’s digital images sheds new light on the audacious escape.

Thierry Debrune
Narrator (voice)

Jack Lyon
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner

Charles Clarke
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner

David Fraser
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
Howard Tuck
Himself - Historian

Guy Walters
Himself - Historian
Simon Pearson
Himself - Biographer
Colin Kirby-Green
Himself - Captain T. Kirby-Green's Son

A Good Lad
A Good Lad

Piégé
Piégé

Heroes of the Underground
Heroes of the Underground

Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy
Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy

Finding the Graf Zeppelin
Finding the Graf Zeppelin

The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai

Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates

Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia

The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator

Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet

The Children of Kozara
The Children of Kozara

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives