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The One That Got Away is a war film. It was produced in United Kingdom. The film was biographical. It was starring Hardy Krüger and featuring Michael Goodliffe, Jack Gwillim and Alec McCowen. The film was directed by Roy Ward Baker. The screenplay written by Howard Clewes. It was based on the 1956 book of the same name.
The One That Got Away: Directed by Roy Ward Baker. With Hardy Krüger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe, Terence Alexander. A cocky German fighter pilot is shot down over England in 1940 and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again.
- (2.5K)
- Adventure, Drama, War
- Roy Ward Baker
- 1957-11-22
Nov 7, 2019 · Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only german prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.
- 111 min
- 111K
- thepolicestation
A German Luftwaffe pilot, he, shot down, is forced to make an emergency landing in Kent, England on September 5th, 1940, he captured by the British authorities who are aware of his celebrated status at home for his military efforts.
Arguably the oddest production of the quietly odd postwar British film industry, Roy Ward Baker's The One that Got Away (1957) wears its quixotic mission right on its sleeve - that is, its opening title card.
- Roy Ward Baker, Roy Baker
- Hardy Kruger
Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.
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