The Cowra Breakout

(1984)

★ 6 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: War, Drama, Action, телевизионный фильм

Year: 1984

Runtime: 250 мин

Country: Australia

Director: Phillip Noyce, Chris Noonan

Cast: Alan David Lee

Plot

In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.