Colditz Story, The

Date: 1955
Director: Guy Hamilton
Production Company: Ivan Foxwell Productions

Stars: John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes, Ian Carmichael, Lionel Jeffries
Location(s): Surrey (Studio)

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Storyline:

Detainees of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an “escape-proof” prisoner of war camp housed in a medieval castle.

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Pat Reid (John Mills) and Mac McGill (Christopher Rhodes) are led through the courtyard gateway. Although IMDB gives the genuine Colditz Castle as a location, the setting of this film remains unidentified until confirmation is received.

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These screen captures show some of the more recognisable features of Colditz Castle but there are inconsistencies when compared with the real building.

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The Kommandant (Frederick Valk) addresses the prisoners as Fischer (Anton Diffring), the Interpreter (Leo Bieber) and Priem (Denis Shaw) stand by. Behind them to the left is the entrance gateway.

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Polish Officers (B. Dolinski, Witold Sikorski and Guido Lorraine) in the courtyard. To the left can be seen the mannerist style portal of the chapel.

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Colonel Richmond (Eric Portman) speaks with Reid and McGill.

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Prisoners exercise outside the castle walls. Confirmed as a matte above the line of the wall and to the right of the foreground hut.

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Guards march into the courtyard. Colditz Castle is now a hotel housing a museum on Schloßgasse, Colditz 04680 in Saxony, Germany.