The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story
Cinema release poster
Directed byGuy Hamilton
Written by
Based onThe Colditz Story
by Pat Reid
Produced byIvan Foxwell
Starring
CinematographyGordon Dines
Edited byPeter Mayhew
Music byFrancis Chagrin
Production
company
Ivan Foxwell Productions
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 25 January 1955 (1955-01-25)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£136,000 or $600,000

The Colditz Story is a 1955 British prisoner of war film starring John Mills and Eric Portman and directed by Guy Hamilton. It is based on the 1952 memoir written by Pat Reid, a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, in Germany during the Second World War and who was the Escape Officer for British POWs within the castle.