One of the masterminds for the real "great escape" was Wing Commander Harry Day. He isn't directly portrayed in this movie, however the book, on which this movie was based, by Paul Brickhill, correctly tells his story. Arguably, his story is the most impressive of the lot, having participated in at least four other mass breakouts and two solo attempts prior to the "great escape" (twice getting free from the camp before recapture). He was one of the first out of the tunnel, but was recaptured in Stettin trying to get help to gain passage out of Germany. He was spared execution and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp with three other escapees. There they dug another tunnel and escaped with another British officer. It's widely believed they were the only people ever to survive an escape from that camp. All were recaptured and held in solitary confinement until being used as hostages at the end of the war. Escaping from his captives, he reached allied lines and was instrumental in securing the safe release of the other hostages.
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The Eagle Has Landed 1976
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.
The Eagle Has Landed features exciting, serious, suspense, tense and intense style.
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Von Ryans Express 1965
Von Ryans Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from Nazi Germany by taking over a freight train but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Von Ryans Express features realistic, exciting, serious, rough and suspenseful style.
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The Guns of Navarone 1961
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2000 trapped British soldiers.
The Guns of Navarone features exciting, serious, suspense, tense and intense style.
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