The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)

Movie
Audience Score
45
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
NR 2 hr 58 minNov 5th, 1988TV Movie, Drama, WarThe Great Escape Collection PosterPart of The Great Escape Collection
Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.
StarringChristopher ReeveJudd HirschTony Denison
DirectorsJud TaylorPaul Wendkos
WriterWalter Halsey Davis

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 5th, 1988
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Michael Jaffe
Production Companies:Spectacor Films
Movie Tags:
world war iiprisoner of war

The Great Escape Collection

The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic war suspense adventure film based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 non-fiction book of the same name. The film depicts a heavily fictionalized version of the mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from German POW camp Stalag Luft III during the Second World War. A fictional, made-for-television sequel, The Great Escape II: The Untold Story, was released in 1988. The film is not a true sequel as it dramatizes the escape itself just as the original film does, although mostly using the real names of the individuals involved (whereas the original film fictionalized them and used composite characters). It depicts the search for the culprits responsible for the murder of the 50 Allied officers.