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
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 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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