Colditz (1972)★ 8.3/10
- Drama
- History
- War
Directed by: Peter Cregeen, Viktors Ritelis, Michael Ferguson, Terence Dudley, William Slater
Written by: David Ambrose, Marc Brandel, John Brason, N.J. Crisp, Brian Degas
The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Colditz Castle and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.
- Original title
- Colditz
- Storyline
- The prisoners in Colditz Castle make many attempts to escape captivity from the arrival of the first British prisoners after Dunkirk in 1940 until the liberation of the castle by the Americans in 1945. Colditz was a special camp, designed by the Germans to hold high-risk and politically important prisoners.
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 1,167
- Companies
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Universal Television, Studios USA Television, TF1
- Release dates
- GB October 19, 1972
- NL August 13, 1974
- FR January 11, 1975