The Cowra Breakout (miniseries) (1985)
- Original title
- The Cowra Breakout
- Country
- Australia
- Length
- 1 season, 4 episodes
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An Australian soldier and a Japanese prisoner of war form an unlikely friendship during World War II. The miniseries follows their experiences leading up to the famous Cowra breakout in 1944.
tenseemotionalhistorically groundedslow-burnmelancholicintimatedramaticcharacter-driven
What happens
The Cowra Breakout is a 1984 Australian mini series based on the Cowra breakout, focusing on the friendship between an Australian soldier and Japanese prisoner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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