The Colditz Story (1955) on Netflix
Colditz Castle becomes Oflag IV-C, a high-security camp for Allied officers who have tried to escape from other camps. Pat Reid and Colonel Richmond are among the British prisoners sent there.
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The Germans convert Colditz Castle into Oflag IV-C, a camp for Allied officers who have attempted escapes elsewhere. The first prisoners are Polish, then British, Dutch and French. Pat Reid and Colonel Richmond are among the British. The Kommandant informs Richmond that escape is forbidden, but Richmond does not intend to comply. Priem is the chief security officer, efficient and tenacious.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Colditz Story (1955)
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- The closing theater revue, staged by the inmates to mask the escape of Reid and Winslow, opens with a parody of the Will Fyffe song "I Belong to Glasgow", reworded as "I Belong to Colditz".
