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Colditz

Name: Colditz
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Cast: David McCallum, Bernard Hepton, Christopher Neame, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Penry-Jones

1972–1974 · 2 seasons, 28 episodes · 55m episodes · Drama, War & Politics · BBC One · United Kingdom

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.

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Gerard Glaister

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David McCallum, Bernard Hepton, Christopher Neame, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Penry-Jones, Jack Hedley

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