Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Oct 04 1977
•1h 30m
•Comedy
During World War I Major Errol Phipps is determined to escape from Stalag Luft 112B but his attempts all fail. However all the other prisoners and the guards succeed, leaving him alone in the camp to make elaborate plans - including a tunnel system so extensive it becomes the Munich Underground. He is so obsessed with his escape plans he fails to realize that the war has ended and dies a disappointed man. He does however manage to escape from his grave after he has been buried though.
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Michael Palin
Major Errol Phipps
Roy Kinnear
Vogel
Timothy Carlton
Nicholson
John Phillips
Colonel Harcourt Badger Owen
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