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The Great Escape
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Thierry Debrune
Narrator (voice)
Jack Lyon
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
Charles Clarke
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
David Fraser
Himself - Stalag Luft III Prisoner
Guy Walters
Himself - Historian
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On March 24, 1944, in the heart of Nazi Germany, 76 British, Canadian, Norwegian and French pilots who were held in Stalag Luft III, a prison camp of the Luftwaffe, escaped. Unique testimony from the last survivors, recreations and today’s digital images sheds new light on the audacious escape.
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2017-03-10
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