The Making Of The Great Escape [Part 4 Of 4]

[thatlemondude]

Who needs super powers to be heroes??? These men proved that. RIP the 50. You didnt deserve that fate.

[cabeast]

these are the 50 shot dead ( just so everybody knows who and where they came from ) 1 Lithuanian 1 Greek 1 Frenchman 1 Czechoslovak 1 Belgian 2 Norwegian 2 New Zealanders 3 South African 5 Australian 6 Polish 6 Canadian 21 British

[alanheath]

@cabeast In fact, all of the survivors were British.

[cabeast]

@alanheath i never said survivors i said shot ( as in killed )

i dont want to upset you but your wrong the survivors werent all british =)

i have sent you a private message with a website listing names ranks birthday etc so you can see for yourself, of cause this website may be wrong but i doubt it =)

[alanheath]

@cabeast No problem with correcting me. As I recall the prosecutor told me that it was deliberate policy to give British airmen priority to live. Thanks for sending the list!

[alanheath3]

Very interesting - thanks for posting. I was in Poznan on the day of the 50th anniversary but did not attend as the British Embassy or Consulate did not bother to inform me. Later I did meet the Polish state prosecutor dealing with crimes relating to Sagen - these were perpetrator against the Soviet POWs, many of which were murdered.

There is a very good museum at Zagan today on the site of the former camp.

[planstore]

I cant help feeling that if the 50 prisoners all had motorbikes and went for a silly joyride near the Swiss border, they might have escaped..... ;)

Rare to have a movie so true to the real story. Steve McQueen's bit seems to be the only "Hollywood" bit.

[noplacetohideo]

Fair play to the officers i really admire them and to those who were killed who should have lived but died defending comrades i salute them, they all deserve alot.

[joelSanFrancisco]

I saw this film when it first came out in 1963, just 18 yrs after the war. It made a lasting impression on me.

[jakethemistake19]

awesome, the murderers were found and executed/ imprisoned. great movie but I never knew what it did for the world not in just entertainment but to show justice, etc.

[kealyc]

To the Fifty

RIP

[oneputtsteven]

Thanks so much for posting. Both the film and "The making of" should be required viewing in history classes in US, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. A very, very inspiring story. We will never, ever forget

"the fifty"

[sabiorules]

James Garner was 6'1"

[oneputtsteven]

Maybe he ruined the film but your glad he's dead? No wonder you have 5 thumbs down.

[PIGSICK1]

I forgot all about this (three months ago) thanks for the update 5 down thats my best score yet :-)

[IRELANDSELITE]

well done m8 for the movie and clips most helpful.....cheers

[saunders49]

The greatest WWII movie ever made. This was when our movie stars were REAL men...not the little pretty boys that they are today.

[mikemosocw]

have you noticed that all the 'stars' of this film, Steve Mcqueen, James Garner, Richard attenborough, Charles Bronson, etc were all midgets, look at their tiny size when stood next to the 'german guards!!

they look like little children..

[longnoseeh]

awsome