Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35691 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-03-28
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 240 minutes

Synopsis
Three prisoners, Jack Rose, Tom Willis and Nick McGrade, embark on an heroic plan to escape from a World War Two POW camp. As Rose And Willis are recaptured by the Germans, McGrade manages to traverse their clutches and travels to London to inform Rose's girlfriend of his capture. So begins a complex love story...

Customer Reviews

brilliant
i watched this as a two part drama on easter sunday and monday. and i have to say it was breathtaking. i couldnt move away fom my television it was so good i went on amazon the next day to purchase the dvd. damian lewis was brilliant his acting as mc grade was superb although the villian of the piece the touch of softness that was required was perfect. the chemistry between him and sophia myles was perfect. i recommend this for anyone who loves a good romance or has a keen interest in world war two.

Neither Fish Nor Fowl: Three-and-a-Half Stars
First of all, any movie that includes Lawrence Fox is worth watching (I haven't seen him in anything I haven't liked, so far.); next, I found this well-acted two-part series absorbing from beginning to end. Damian Lewis is also excellent in the role of the charming rogue who almost gets away with his villainy.

The problem with the story, it seems to me, is that it couldn't quite make up its mind as to genre: Escape yarn? Love story? Murder mystery? Espionage thriller? It is all of these, but, given the name of the film, I can see how anyone expecting the first might be disappointed, since the narrative passes so quickly over many of the riveting details of the great escape stories that emerged during the 1950s, which concentrated both on life in the camp and on the ingenuity of the prisoners in their plots to escape. The story of Colditz Castle, the impregnable prison camp to which incorrigibly persistent officer-escapees of the allied forces from other camps were sent, is thrilling in its own right, and any film bearing the name, "Colditz," deserves a treatment as thorough as the one it got, for instance, in the old film with John Mills and Eric Portman.

Perhaps, if the film had been given another name--and try as I might, I cannot think of one--it would be accepted on its own merits, which given the high quality of the cast, which includes Timothy West, are considerable.

SUPERB!
I wasn't going to watch this drama, but I'm glad I did. It's a story of love and war, escapism and love. It has several stories of it's own inside the drama; such as Canadian Rhett Barker's addiction to morphine. The story was gripping and I can't wait to watch it again!
If you have any remote interest in World War Two, Colditz or PoW's, this drama is for you!