Tom Hardy and Damian Lewis trading barbs in a Nazi castle? Sign me up.
While World War II allied officer Jack Rowe is held prisoner in Germany's notorious Colditz castle, he recruits a band of fellow escape artists in the ultimate break-out only to discover that the greatest betrayal awaits him on safe ground.
Acting
Lewis and Hardy doing that thing where they barely emote yet devastate.
Production
They actually filmed at Colditz, because of course they did.
Director
Stuart Orme
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Damian Lewis's grandfather was actually held at Colditz; he took the role partly to understand what his family never discussed.
The 2005 miniseries deliberately echoed the 1972 classic, but swapped the original's stiff heroism for moral rot—reflecting post-Iraq War cynicism.
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