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The title character in this fact-based POW drama is Franz von Werra, played by Hardy Kruger. Shot down early in the war, Luftwaffe pilot von Werra is incarcerated in an English prison camp. He refuses to submit to camp routine, insisting that he's on the brink of escaping. After two failed attempts, von Werra is transferred to a camp in Montreal. If you want to know what happens next, take a squint at the title. If you want to know how he does it and why he gets away with it, catch the film. One That Got Away was based on a novel by Kendal Burt and James Leasor. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Hardy Kruger, Colin Gordon, (more)

Director(s):: Roy Ward Baker

Format(s):: DVD
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	Thomas B.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

This was an excellent movie about Franz von Werra, a German airman, who makes many attempts to escape from various British P. O. W. camps. It is based on a book by Kendal Burt and is in black and white. I never knew that some German P. O. W. 's were shipped to Canada for internment. A young Hardy Kruger is in almost every scene and carries the movie.

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