The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988 2h 58m EN

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Synopsis

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Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Christopher Reeve
Maj. John Dodge
Judd Hirsch
Capt. David Matthews
Tony Denison
Lt. Mike Corery
Charles Haid
Sgt. MacKenzie
Michael Nader
Burchardt
Ian McShane
Roger Bushell
Derek de Lint
Dr. Thost
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Absalon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Wendkos
Writers: Walter Halsey Davis
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 178 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Great Escape Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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Christopher Reeve and Judd Hirsch and Tony Denison carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0095252 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Paul Wendkos directs. A long sit — settle in. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 178 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "The Great Escape Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Christopher Reeve and Judd Hirsch and Tony Denison carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0095252 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Makeup / hair: Jim Kail
Sound: John Wilkinson
Stunt coordinator: Petar Buntić
Runtime: 178 min · 2h 58m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)

Part of

The Great Escape Collection

The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic war suspense adventure film based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 non-fiction book of the same name. The film depicts a heavily fictionalized version of the mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from German POW camp Stalag Luft III during the Second World War. A fictional, made-for-television sequel, The Great Escape II: The Untold Story, was released in 1988. The film is not a true sequel as it dramatizes the escape itself just as the original film does, although mostly using the real names of the individuals involved (whereas the original film fictionalized them and used composite characters). It depicts the search for the culprits responsible for the murder of the 50 Allied officers.