The Great Escape
A powerful adventure and perhaps a different kind of comedy about the prisoner escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań present in Poland) in Nazi Germany under the leadership of Hitler. Prisoners begin their mission by turning the escape from the prison by digging a tunnel to escape, but they are surprised by the presence of guards. The adventure begins for these prisoners because they use boats, trains and planes to get out of occupied Europe in an adventure that is the most insane and risky.
9 March 1938, Poplar, London, England, UK
19 September 1933, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
7 April 1928, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
26 February 1931, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
5 October 1919, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
3 June 1919, Munich, Germany
19 December 1923, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
4 July 1921, Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]
7 April 1916, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
31 August 1928, Laurel, Nebraska, USA
12 June 1921, Stuttgart, Germany
26 August 1918, Munich, Germany
19 November 1924, Sunderland, England, UK
13 November 1933, Berlin, Germany
24 March 1930, Beech Grove, Indiana, USA
29 August 1923, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
17 May 1924, Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany
18 April 1930, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
18 November 1923, Witten, Germany
7 June 1915, Aachen, Germany
3 November 1921, Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
1928, London, England, UK
17 February 1936, Frinton-On-Sea, Essex, England, UK
25 February 1932, New York City, New York, USA
15 April 1930, Tawroggen, Lithuania
18 May 1917, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
21 September 1919, Malta
April 23, 2014
Even if you feel you know every scene backwards, there are still manifold pleasures here beyond nostalgia.
February 06, 2014
The Great Escape is simply great escapism.
May 09, 2005
It's a strictly mechanical adventure with make-believe men.
August 22, 2013
While it's a definite classic in the Steve McQueen gallery, it's also a masterpiece of the action genre...
April 23, 2014
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.
April 23, 2014
This is a Boys' Own Tale, and, as boys, we wanted it, cleansed of horrors, for ourselves.
March 26, 2009
Producer-director John Sturges has fashioned a motion picture that entertains, captivates, thrills and stirs.
April 23, 2014
Watching the starry cast is always entertaining, and while The Great Escape has little new to say about war, this is really not a criticism.
May 23, 2013
Each group of characters get their own riveting planning sequences, all skillfully told. This is one "heist" film where knowing the details of how the escape is supposed to go down before it happens only strengthens the suspense further.
June 24, 2006
Worth seeing the last half hour, if nothing else, for one of the best stunt sequences in years: McQueen's motor-cycle bid for freedom.
June 09, 2013
a slow burn which allows you to watch wildly different characters work together and form a team in spite of their differences
March 01, 2007
Way too flabby at 168 minutes, but once this 1963 feature gets going it's good, solid stuff.
