Behind the Scenes - Return to The Great Escape - The Great Escape 1963 

Even though the movie ending was quite sad, The Great Escape was a wonderful movie with very interesting characters and plot. A standing ovation to all the actors, film crew and soldiers whom they portrayed!

I was introduce to this book back in high school, in 1976, I did not know there was a movie at the time. the book is one of my favorite. Then I found out there was a movie about the escape. I did not see it about seven years later while I was in the Air Force station in England on British T.V. I been one of my favorite movie. I did my own research of this fantastic escape, it was amazing feat that these prisoners did. I think the director did a great job to follow the book as close as possible to the story.

One of my all time favorite movies. Plus it’s an all time great movie to start with.

An all time classic movie I have watched many many times and never tire of it. I went to visit the actual camp at Zagan which during the war was in Gemrany but is now Poland. There is very little left but what struck me straight away was the earth which is extremely sandy. That they managed to tunnel through it was an amazing achievement. The POW's were treated well by the first camp Commandant, but Steve McQueens motorbike stunt at the end of the movie is pure Hollywood.

My father served in WWII .....Great escape film was a favorite to him. My self ? I loved David McCallum. Steve Mcqueen , others and the story

Forget to mention the Canadians who were involved in the escape. Wally Floody, a mining engineer from Ontario who was the original Tunnel King. Along with other Canadians who were part of the organization.

Donald pleasence was a great and talent actor , so sad he has passed away

Marvellous movie. A tale of heroes 😊

Even after a three hour tour of a movie, I had to watch this.

Love this movie 👍

In my Opinion this Is One of Thee Greatest Movies Ever Made !!! Especially because of The Real Life and True Story Behind This Movie 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

One of my favourite war films of all time

When this movie was first on television in the United States, it was late 1967 and I was 11 years old. At the conclusion I had a tear drop rolling down my cheek. I've been to Germany twice, in 1982 and 1990, while on 2-week vacations through central Europe. My final stop in December of 1990 was 3-days in Berlin, just after the wall came down and east Germany was dissolved, creating 1-Germany again. Someday I would like to go to the actual site of the prison camp and experience the area of the Great Escape.

Just a great movie and story. Cast in top notch

An absolute classic. I remember watching this as a little kid in the early 70s. I was fascinated enough by the movie to read the book in elementary school. I still have a copy in my book case.

Its a man's movie. I got to see it in 1963 and I seen it I don't know how many times over the years. It never gets old. The one thing is that I am teaching myself Russian and to watch Colburn and Bronson trying to march out of camp with the Russians gives me an even more chuckle. The commandant of the Camp is an interesting fellow in his own right, he fought in Russia, and escaped Russian captivity and walked out of Russia. World War II was a lot closer to us in '63.Come to think about it I will return to Stalag Luft III this weekend.

I also like James coburn he is a good actor

Love it love the cast and ohhhhhh that music

Sadly David mccallum just died leaving John leyton last surviving cast member of the great escape

One of my favorite movies ever ...Steve McQueen was amazing ...Such a talented and good actor, he died way too early! James carburn was also... Actually, the whole cast was unbelievably good.... ❤️

If I recall the Motorcycle scene jumping over a fence was not in the Script.. It was Steve McQueen's idea to add that stunt into the Movie.

Yes indeed. In 1963 I was 7 years old. And this movie did introduce me to WW2.

Paul Brickhill also wrote "The Dambusters" & "Reach For The Sky"

I was a POW in this camp and so was my dad and grandad

The soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein grabs my heart every time. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Loved it

I like the great escape cast, David McCallum is really handsome

R.I.P - 2024

UNFORTUNATELY,-DAVID McCULLUM DIED JUST RECENTLY--R.I.P.

🎉 Classic movie based on actual events. Of interest this somewhat fanciful film actually cast a real German POW who was wise enough to make no protests over the Hollywood fantasy script or details. That actor developed into one of the finest character actors in cinema history - Donald Pleasance. His work should be studied in detail by any would be actor.

Poor David McCallum, was in a great film, but lost his wife(Jill Ireland) to his Co-Star, Charles Bronson.

In the real great escape two Norwegians ( Per Bergsland and Jens Muller,both RAF) and a Dutchman (Bram van der Stok,RAF)) made it out....why they changed it to an Aussie and two Polish in the film is a mystery to me.

Strangely Charles Bronson didn't participated in this docu?!

Men of honor served our country so we can live in Free dome

Amazingly I was not THAT impressed when we saw it 1963 at Cinema, BUT now think it great Movie.

No Americans. And that is why a good many of the POWs thought the film made a mockery of what truly happened. They thought Bushell had sold out to the Americans on what should have actually occurred. Lest We Forget

brilliant film but makes me laugh that they talk about making it factual when theres so many people made into one and there was no bike Chace at all but over all i guess you get the gen idea

I suppose Hogan's Heros is about as far as you could get from reality, gut it sure was a funny TV show. It's interesting to learn History.

Great movie. However, in the real escape, there were no Americans involved.

There were no Americans in the real great escape. British, Australian & Canadian mainly.

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