Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 1981 - Drama - Director: Franco Zeffirelli - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray, Richard Kiley, Penelope Milford, Beatrice Straight
A review by Rossler on P.O.W. (DVD) April 22nd, 2006
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Story
Outstanding
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Special Effects
Good
How does it compare to similar films?
Not applicable
Advantages:
Interesting, An Insight into P . O . W Camps
Disadvantages:
No Series 2?
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
P.O.W. -----> Prisoners of War.
This is a very interesting series which is a serious drama tackling the subject of British Prisoners of War during WWII this gives you a good insight into how prisoners of war were treated during the WWll by the German Army, Gestapo and the S.S. The story is helped by brilliant British actor James D'Arcy who is Flight Sergeant James Caddon, his plane was shot down over Normandy and taken to a POWs camp "Stalag 39" and is introduced to a group of daring escapees. The story is inspired by true stories which are very interesting.
The cast also includes ex-Eastender Joe Absolom as chief forager Private Pritchard who is a very important figure for the escapes of camp. Patrick Baladi as head of the POW's Captain Attercombe who has a very daunting and untrustworthy relationship with Kommandant Dreiber which has a twist story as his wife Alice Dreiber who is played by Amelia Curtis is an English woman at the camp with him.
The story also shows the emotional and mental effects in subjects of murder, prisoners leaping the escape queue because of family circumstances and spies in the camp.
I found the series very entertaining and would recommend it to anyone interested in WWll or general drama as not since the early 1970's and the days of Colditz.
Special Features/ Extrras Include production notes, P.O.W. Hooch Recipe, P.O.W. Slang Dictionary and a Photo Gallery which includes pictures of the cast and thier previous jobs in acting.
Advantages: Everything, seeing Steve McQueen lots is a bonus =] Disadvantages: none!
...After seeing parts of this movie but never the whole film, I decided to buy it on DVD. I bought it as part of a 'Great Films Starring Steve McQueen' box set.
What an investment!
Produced in 1963, this DVD is based on a true story of a group of Allied P.O.W's who planned an escape from an 'escape proof' camp. This was the largest planned Allied escape attempt from a German POW camp.
This film features some famous names such as:
Steve McQueen
James Garner
Charles Bronson
Richard Attenborough
James Donald
Donald Pleasance
James Coburn
The first half of the film focuses on various escape attempts made by the POWs, as well of the planning of the escape and digging the tunnels, Tom, Dick, and Harry. This half of the film is quite comedic, and the characters work well together.
The second half of the film follows the escape...
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