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Colditz (2005) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby TrueHD )
English ( DTS 5.1 )
German ( Dolby TrueHD )
German ( DTS 5.1 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
185 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Stuart Orme

Written By:
Peter Morgan
Richard Cottan

Actors:
Alex Avery ..... Collins
Charles Kay ..... Colonel Henry Cartwright, Military Attaché in Switzerland
Damian Lewis ..... Cpl/Lt. Nicholas McGrade
Eve Myles ..... Jill
Guy Henry ..... Capt. Sawyer
James Fox ..... Lt. Colonel Jimmy Fordham
Jason Priestley ..... Flying Officer Rhett Barker
Juliet Howland ..... Mary
Laurence Fox ..... Capt. Tom Willis
Robert Whitelock ..... Flt Lt. Venning
Rüdiger Vogler ..... Maj. Fritz Werner
Scott Handy ..... Mullan
Sophia Myles ..... Lizzie Carter
Timothy West ..... Bunny Warren
Tom Hardy ..... 2nd Lt. Jack Rose

Synopsis:

Colditz is a 2005 British two-part television film produced by Granada Television for ITV, written by Peter Morgan and directed by Stuart Orme. In 2006, it won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for best sound design in a fiction or entertainment. It is based on two sources named by the end credits: Henry Chancellor's book Colditz (also known as Colditz: The Definitive History) and the Channel Four television series, Escape from Colditz. It is not claimed to be historically accurate. It tells the several stories of various, mostly British, prisoners of war in World War II and their attempts to escape Colditz. However, the main storyline of the production is one involving a POW who successfully escapes to Britain only to steal the girlfriend of a fellow prisoner who was not able to escape with him. Once in Britain, he is rewarded with a position at MI9, which he uses to try to prevent his fellow POW from returning and reclaiming his girlfriend.

When Nick Mcgrade (Damien Lewis), Jack Rose (Tom Hardy) and Tom Willis (Lawrence Fox) escape from a World War II prison camp they come within metres of freedom. But when Rose and Willis are apprehended, Rose buys Mcgrade enough time to escape. For his pains he's sent to Colditz, the supposedly escape-proof camp, whilst Mcgrade returns home. Having promised to track down Lizzie Carter (Sophia Myles) and let her know Jack's all right, Mcgrade instead finds himself manipulated into working for MI9 and slowly but surely falling for Lizzie.

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