The Cowra Breakout

The Cowra Breakout

4.5

Jul 01 1984

4h 10m

War, Drama, Action, TV Movie

In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.

Alan David Lee

Alan David Lee

Stan Davidson