The motion picture is magnificently directed By John Sturges, author of various classic Western as ¨Escape from Fort Bravo, Gunfight at the OK Corral, The law and Jake Wade, Magnificent seven¨ and also realized another nice wartime film as ¨ The eagle has landed ¨. This blockbuster is followed by inferior TV sequel with Christopher Reeve, Judd Hirsch, Ian McShane and directed Jud Taylor who played to Goff in the original version. Rousing and lively soundtrack, nowadays a classic score, by Elmer Bernstein. Excellent production design and art direction with evocative sets by Fernando Carrere. Colorful, atmospheric cinematography shot in Bavaria,Germany, by Daniel Fapp and perfectly remastered. Suspenseful WWII epic packs exceptional plethora of prestigious actors incarnating the motley group of POWs, giving good acting and support, as a sensational Steve McQueen whose character, ¨The Cooler King¨, remains today as attractive iconography Charles Bronson as digging expert but suffering claustrophobia Donald Pleasance as professional on forge documents but blind, James Coburn as roguish Australian and of course Richard Attenborough as Air Force Squadron leader who plans the massive breakout, furthermore, James Garner as American officer, the British Gordon Jackson and David McCallum, among others. This exciting story contains thrills, intrigue, tension, excitement galore, entertainment and lots of fun. 70 escaped prisoners throughout Germany trying to make their bid to freedom, including an impressive motorcycle pursuit in charge of iconic Steve McQueen for one of the best action sequences in years. The most part of the film concerns on the elaborated process of secretly digging an underground tunnel and the last one deals with spectacular breakout and effort the approx. It deals with hard preparatives of a diverse group formed by rebel air officers and soldiers mounting a dangerous getaway from a barbed-wired and strongly controlled camp. The continuous escapes have caused the Nazi staff ordered 'putting all the rotten eggs in one basket' as the prisoners are reunited into a special concentration camp. Burnett from a bestselling written by Paul Brickhill. It's partially based on facts adapted by James Clavell and W.R. This is a splendid film about a daring breakout from inescapable Nazi concentration camp, Stalag Luft North, with all star cast and magnificently realized by John Sturges.
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