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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story is a 1988 American made-for-television action-adventure drama film and a sequel to The Great Escape (1963). It stars Christopher Reeve, Judd Hirsch, Anthony Denison, Ian McShane, Charles Haid and Donald Pleasence in a supporting role (in the 1963 original Pleasence had played Flight-Lieutenant Colin Blythe, "The Forger").
The "Great Escape" was a World War II mass escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III.It resulted in the murder of 50 recaptured escapees.. It was the basis of The Great Escape, a book by Paul Brickhill describing the escape and The Great Escape, a film based on the book.
For The Great Escape, Brickhill's English editors changed the name to be formatted as "Stalag Luft III". The influence of The Great Escape on popular culture has resulted in the camp's name continuing to be formatted as "Stalag Luft III". [90] Eric Williams was a navigator on a downed bomber who was held at Stalag Luft III.
The search for the culprits responsible for the murder of the 50 Allied officers was depicted in The Great Escape II: The Untold Story. A dramatisation of the investigation, written by Robin Brooks and Robert Radcliffe, was featured in the BBC Radio 4 "Saturday Drama" series, first broadcast on 13 April 2013.
Arnold George Christensen (8 April 1922 – 29 March 1944) was a New Zealand Mustang fighter pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War during the Dieppe Raid, he is notable for the part he took in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 and as one of the men recaptured and subsequently executed by the Gestapo.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Franz Max Erdmann Gustav von Lindeiner genannt von Wildau (12 December 1880 – 22 May 1963) was a German Staff Officer of the Luftwaffe during World War II. He is best known today for having been the commandant of Stalag Luft III, which is famous for the 'great escape' which took place in 1944.
Massey was the basis for the character "Group Captain Ramsey" in the film The Great Escape (1963), played by actor James Donald. Massey has been portrayed by Peter Dennis in the made-for-TV film The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988).
Major John Bigelow Dodge DSO DSC MC (15 May 1894 – 2 November 1960), also known as "the Artful Dodger", [1] was an American-born British Army officer who fought in both world wars and became a notable prisoner of war during the Second World War, surviving the famous The Great Escape in March 1944.