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The Great Escape
The Bridge on the River Kwai
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Although the final scene of Bridge over the River Kwai is one of the most powerful endings in film history, I slightly give the nod to the cynicism of Stalag 17. Plus you know who (for those who have not seen it) makes a great nazi spy.
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Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Paulie
(8,462 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,443 posts)malthaussen
(17,200 posts)I'm aghast the OP didn't list it as a choice.
-- Mal
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)because it's a work of art!
Also, TCM showed "The Password Is Courage" a few months ago, and it's basically the same story as "The Great Escape" though less serious. Dirk Bogarde was great
IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)devastating!
Aristus
(66,380 posts)It's my favorite book. Incredible read; lyrical, haunting, heartbreaking.
Tom Conti's Lawrence refers to the title in his final conversation with Sergeant Hara: "It is as if Celliers, by his death, sowed a seed in Captain Yonoi, that we might all benefit from its growth" - (from memory; it may not be strictly word-for-word).
surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Von Ryan's Express was action-packed and entertaining.
wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Based on James Clavell's novel.
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)to mention that movie myself.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)No, it's actually Stalag 17.
Billy Wilder and William Holden are hard to be beat.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Such a naughty movie.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I'll post in General Discussion, urging everyone to see this masterpiece.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)LNM
(1,078 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...about some escaped German Nazis prisoners who were surreptitiously working their way across Canada. They came across a German Hutteright colony and were welcomed. The difference between the socialist colony and the Nazi officers soon became evident.
I don't know the name of this film unfortunately.
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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)I didn't realize it was made as "a propaganda film". As such, one would think it would be more accessible as a 'freebie'. Haven't found one yet.
on edit:....good ol' Youtube!
Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Female POW's held by the Japanese on Sumatra. It's good, but not as good as Bridge on the River Kwai.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Not exactly entirely a POW movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_(2011_film)
I do love the Great Escape and Stalag 17.
Shrek
(3,980 posts)My guilty pleasure is Victory, in which a bunch of POWs play soccer against the Germans. Stallone played the goalkeeper.
IronGate
(2,186 posts)followed by The Great Raid.
yellowdogintexas
(22,256 posts)love this film
Kber
(5,043 posts)TeamPooka
(24,228 posts)movies in the future.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)(yes, this is a lame attempt at a chuck norris joke. is it still a sin on DU to do norris jokes?)
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)That was a major POW movie!
You forgot Stalag 17 and Captive Heart
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038396/
Auggie
(31,172 posts)It surfaces on Turner Classic Movies occasionally.
Orrex
(63,213 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)is that no Americans were amomg the prisoners who escaped. They worked pn the tunnels, but were moved before they were finished.