51 minSeason 2 • Episode 13
LatestThe prisoners can now see battle activity from the upper reaches of the castle, but there is strong SS resistance and Colditz comes under attack. Phil Carrington makes a break for American lines, but the situation is very confused and there are many obstacles to pass before Colditz can be truly liberated.
Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.
Acting
McCallum's simmering resentment, Hepton's weary dignity
Production
Actual Colditz Castle location filming
Writing
Cat-and-mouse dialogue, no easy heroes
Creator
Gerard Glaister
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Colditz escape officer Pat Reid consulted; several actors met their actual characters. McCallum later said the castle's claustrophobia never left him.
This 1972 series invented the 'prestige POW drama' template that Hogan's Heroes parodied and The Great Escape popularized—British TV treating war as psychological chess, not action spectacle.
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