Colditz (2005)

Directed by

Stuart Orme

Genre

drama film, drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

British prisoners of war are held in a high-security German castle during World War Two. The story follows their attempts to escape and the tension between the captives and their captors.

tensegrippingclaustrophobicbleaksuspensefulhistorically inspiredcharacter-drivenslow-burn

What happens

Colditz is a two-part 2005 television drama miniseries, based on the book Colditz: The Definitive History by Henry Chancellor, and the Channel 4 television series Escape from Colditz. It is not claimed to be historically accurate. It features an ensemble cast headlined by Damian Lewis and Sophia Myles and was directed by Stuart Orme. The screenplay was written by Peter Morgan and Richard Cottan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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