The Wooden Horse (1950)
- Directed by
- Jack Lee
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of British prisoners of war in a German camp plan a daring escape. They hide their digging under a wooden vaulting horse that they use for exercise in the yard.
tensedeterminedsuspensefullow-keymethodicalgrittyresilientunderstated
What happens
The Wooden Horse is a 1950 British World War II war film directed by Jack Lee and starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Anthony Steel. It is based on the book of the same name by Eric Williams, who also wrote the screenplay. The film depicts the true events of an escape attempt made by POWs in the German prison camp Stalag Luft III. The wooden horse in the title of the film is a piece of exercise equipment the prisoners use to conceal their escape attempt as well as a reference to the Trojan Horse which was also used to conceal men within. The Wooden Horse was shot in a low-key style, with a limited budget and a cast including many amateur actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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