
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.
Cast

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
Howard Tuck
Himself - Historian

Guy Walters
Himself - Historian
Simon Pearson
Himself - Biographer
Colin Kirby-Green
Himself - Captain T. Kirby-Green's Son
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