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The Great Escape
Adventure, Drama, War
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy ensemble-driven wartime adventure built around elaborate plans, resourceful teamwork, and hard-won hope.
- Tone
- adventurous, tense, bittersweet
- Payoff
- adrenaline, catharsis
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- freedom, resistance, camaraderie, ingenuity, sacrifice
- Setting
- mid-twentieth-century wartime, heavily guarded prisoner-of-war camp and surrounding countryside
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