The One That Got Away

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The One That Got Away
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Directed by	Roy Ward Baker
Produced by	Earl St. John Julian Wintle
Written by	Book: Kendal Burt James Leasor Screenplay: Howard Clewes
Starring	Hardy Krüger
Music by	Hubert Clifford
Cinematography	Eric Cross
Editing by	Sidney Hayers
Distributed by	Rank Organisation
Release date(s)	1957
Running time	111 mins.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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The One That Got Away is a 1957 World War II film directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Hardy Krüger and featuring Michael Goodliffe and Alec McCowen. The screenplay was written by Howard Clewes based on the 1956 book of the same name by Kendal Burt and James Leasor, which chronicled the true exploits of Oberleutenent Franz von Werra, a German flyer shot down over England.

1 Plot
2 Aftermath
3 Cast
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Franz von Werra (Hardy Krüger) is shot down during the Battle of Britain, and captured soon afterwards. Sent to a POW camp in the north of England, he makes a number of escape attempts, on one occasion getting as far as the cockpit of an aircraft he was trying to steal while passing himself off as a Dutch pilot on a secret mission. He is then sent to Canada, where he escapes from a heavily guarded train. Walking overland and crossing a fozen river, he manages to enter the United States, which at that time was still neutral, and claim asylum.

[edit] Aftermath

Despite the attempts of the Canadian government to get the U.S. to return him, Von Werra was allowed to return to Germany, the only German POW to do so.

Von Werra did not survive the war. On a routine flight his plane crashed into the sea north of Vlissingen in the Netherlands, probably due to engine failure. Neither Von Werra's body nor the aircraft were found.