The real Great Escape didn't feature Steve McQueen racing through the Third Reich on a motorcycle like in the 1963 movie, but the big breakout was still thrilling in every way. This program sheds new light on the audacious escape of 76 Allied airmen from a Nazi POW camp during World War II.

Richard Donat
Narrator
Robert Krulwich
Himself - Reporter

When Paul Came Over The Sea
When Paul Came Over The Sea

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

Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet

The Children of Kozara
The Children of Kozara

Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan

Night and Fog
Night and Fog

Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg

Grand Illusion
Grand Illusion

Gandhi
Gandhi