The One That Got Away (1957)

Directed by

Roy Ward Baker

Genre

war film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

6

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German pilot who was shot down in England during World War II makes multiple attempts to escape from captivity. The film follows his persistence and final successful breakout during a transfer to Canada.

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What happens

The One That Got Away is a 1957 British biographical war film starring Hardy Krüger and featuring Michael Goodliffe, Jack Gwillim and Alec McCowen. The film was directed by Roy Ward Baker with a screenplay written by Howard Clewes, based on the 1956 book of the same name by Kendal Burt and James Leasor. The film chronicles the true exploits of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, a Luftwaffe pilot shot down over Britain in 1940. He initially tried to escape while captive in England, but was later successful during transfer to a Canadian POW camp. Von Werra was the only Axis POW to succeed in escaping and make it home during the war. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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