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The Last Chance (1945)

The Last Chance poster
Original title
Die letzte Chance
Directed by
Leopold Lindtberg
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of Allied prisoners escape from an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War Two. They try to cross the Swiss border to safety.

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What happens

The Last Chance (German: Die letzte Chance) is a 1945 Swiss war film directed by Leopold Lindtberg. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prize of the Festival (the Golden Palm). The film was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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