The Great Escape II : The Untold Story on DVD, Action, Christopher Reeve, Judd Hirsch

Part 1 of this two-part made-for-TV movie is a retelling of the original motion picture The Great Escape from 1963, which is based on an event that actually occurred. 200 Allied aircrew members attempted to escape from Stalag Luft III (Kriegsgefangenen Stammlager der Luftwaffe 3 Sagan) in Sagan, Germany (now Zagan, Poland). In that part of the story, as portrayed in the motion picture and in this production, only 76 of the 200 PWs made it out of the camp before the escape was discovered by the camp guards. Eventually, all but three of the escapees were recaptured. Seeking to set an example, Hitler ordered the Gestapo to execute two-thirds (50) of the recaptured prisoners. In Part 2, after the end of the war, two of the original 76 escapees who made it out at first, gather a group of Allied personnel and begin hunting the Gestapo officers who planned and carried out the murders of their friends and fellow PWs.

STARS: Christopher Reeve, Judd Hirsch, Tony Denison

178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama, War | 1988 | Color

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More factual than given credit for

Many of the names, such as Reeve's John Dodge and MacShane's Roger Bushnell were actual characters. (And yes, Dodge *was* related to Churchill!) If you've read the book, then you know there is a great deal of fact in this telefilm.
True, there's no romance in the novel, but as Hitchcock said, "It's only a mo-vie." And instead of the master assassin being killed, he was taken to trial. But overall, if you manage to see this in its entirety, you should enjoy it. (Well, you know what I mean.
What makes this even more interesting is the presence of Donald Pleasance, one of the stars of the 1963. Plus, Jud Taylor, who directed Part 2, was also in the film.