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Feb 09, 2024Turkrun rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
As a POW movie, this was good. It showed "part" of what the experience would be like. I have seen this about five times and each time I get a better understanding.
Jan 03, 2024
I watched disc 2 which featured the actual POWs from the camp which was heartwarming, sad, and inspiring!
Oct 10, 2023hammer59 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Cheesy, three hour snooze fest that stereotypes the Germans as inept fools. And give me a break regarding all the swag the prisoners procured---clothes, tools, ropes, burlap sacks etc. 1963 hollywood dreck.
Sep 22, 2023SAPL454 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Feb 23, 2023bluepanda_person rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Very good!
Jan 19, 2022Grathful rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I watched this movie after seeing "Stalag 17." Immediately I could tell that many liberties were taken to realize the plot: it seemed too easy to fool the guards and manufacture so many things to make the great escape possible. Casting is…
Dec 22, 2019
The comments are all muddled. This is the PBS documentary, not the Steve McQueen film. I hope it is accurate and helps set the record straight: Stalag Luft 3 was a camp for British Commonwealth prisoners. So there were no American…
Nov 15, 2019The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
🎖 Allied POWs plot a mass breakout from prison camp. Note that this was not a "concentration camp," military POWs were generally treated according to the Geneva conventions. As they explain during the movie, it's an officer's duty to try…
Oct 19, 2019AV8OR36 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Awesome, amazing, absolutely outstanding. Cool, incredible, second best movie ever!!!
Aug 10, 2019
Nazi Germany has a problem with escaping POW's. The solution? build a high-security camp and send all the troublesome prisoners there. Doing this, the Third Reich has unwittingly created the most determined escape team in Germany. A plan…
Aug 07, 2019amanoletters99 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This film does not hold up well over time. I found at times it lay on the brink of being just another episode of Hogan's Heroes. It's just a little too clean. Probably a good, safe watch for the senior's crowd.
Mar 18, 2019
Couldn't wait to see this classic movie but it was unwatchable due to being in widescreen which literally only showed on a slim black bar in the middle of the TV screen. Need a fullscreen version so I can actually see the movie!
Mar 04, 2019lavasushi rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I like films based on actual events. Definitely watch the 2nd disc to see the actual POW Veterans and history of what happened. The film had to cater to American audiences, so liberties were taken. But so much was dependent on eye…
Aug 23, 2018greatflicks rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
After watching the movie produced over 50 years ago I realized that there were no leading characters that made the movie great. It was the story of the escape and how each person played a particular role. Many of the actors that were…
Oct 23, 2017skiylourex rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
one of my favorite movies
May 26, 2017RoyalJellyIII rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is one of the all-time great war movies, a POW adventure from director John Sturges that celebrates the indomitable spirit of the Allied forces even when their backs were to the wall.
May 24, 2017ba_library rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Classic film! It used to come on television about once a year. It was a family favorite. Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson - if anyone is going to breakout of a Nazi prison camp - you know those guys will. Still a great film…
Oct 14, 2016ArapahoeSarahD rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This classic will have you at the edge of your seat. Without giving too much away, this film is based on a true story about prisoners of war during WWII trying to escape captivity. The ingenuity and ability of prisoners to work toward…
Aug 30, 2016vrs1956 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
good one
Sep 12, 2015d2013 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Steve McQueen gives a great performance in this exciting action-packed movie. Based on true events!
Sep 05, 2015szarnstorff rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I was pleased how this followed the true story of The Longest Tunnel which I read first.
Aug 21, 2015barbbicycle rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Can't beat Steve McQueen and WWII stories
Jul 16, 2015marx_bro rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Probably the best WW2 POW story ever put to film. All-Star cast, great production value, and incredible on-location scenes combine to make this a must-watch film.
May 17, 2014garycornell rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Make no mistake, "The Great Escape" is thrilling beyond words. You see, it is based on a true story. A story of 100 Allied captured soldiers put in an "escape proof prison". They then are watched closely by the German guards. But these…
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Aug 15, 2013humanfly rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It's a good movie, but it really drags out way too long. They could have shaved a half hour off and still told the same story. I love break out movies, but there are better examples.