Directed by:
John SturgesCinematography:
Daniel L. FappComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft North, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Steve McQueen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268052_806e3e.jpg)
Steve McQueen
USA
Best movies:
Les Sept Mercenaires (1960)
Papillon (1973)
The Great Escape (1963)
![James Garner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267724_ae39ba.jpg)
James Garner
USA
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Maverick (1994)
The Notebook (2004)
![Richard Attenborough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269536_c92229.jpg)
Richard Attenborough
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hamlet (1996)
![James Donald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194004_22e4d7.jpg)
James Donald
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Great Escape (1963)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Charles Bronson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267687_2d5a20.jpg)
Charles Bronson
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Les Sept Mercenaires (1960)
The Great Escape (1963)
![Donald Pleasence](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/146/163146894_c79c65.jpg)
Donald Pleasence
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
![James Coburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/420/164420268_8dc678.png)
James Coburn
USA
Best movies:
Les Sept Mercenaires (1960)
The Great Escape (1963)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
![Hannes Messemer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/732/160732542_757c2d.jpg)
Hannes Messemer
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
![David McCallum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/038/166038146_ac9005.jpg)
David McCallum
UK
Best movies:
Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
The Great Escape (1963)
Freud (1962)
![Gordon Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270269_285512.jpg)
Gordon Jackson
UK
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![John Leyton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/640/162640143_7dc15c.jpg)
John Leyton
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
Angus Lennie
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
![Nigel Stock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/382/161382440_6ab49c.jpg)
Nigel Stock
Malta
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Password is Courage (1962)
The Lion in Winter (1968)
Robert Graf
German Empire
Best movies:
Wir Wunderkinder (1958)
The Great Escape (1963)
Der Fälscher von London (1961)
Jud Taylor
USA
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Attack (1956)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
![Hans Reiser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/739/160739532_363df5.jpg)
Hans Reiser
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1966) (TV movie)
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
Harry Riebauer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Possession (1981)
![William Russell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/472/163472965_129d3b.jpg)
William Russell
UK
Best movies:
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Robert Freitag
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Longest Day (1962)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - a.f.
![Ulrich Beiger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789762_ebbea9.jpg)
Ulrich Beiger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Little Vampire (1968)
The Fellowship of the Frog (1959)