Colditz (film)

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for the 1955 film starring John Mills see The Colditz Story

Colditz — sometimes mistakenly referred to[1] by its working title[2] Escape from Colditz — is a 2005 British two-part television film produced by Granada Television for ITV, written by Peter Morgan and directed by Stuart Orme. Part one initially screened on that network on 27 March 2005.[2] In 2006, it won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for best sound design in a fiction or entertainment.[3]

It is based on two sources named by the end credits: Henry Chancellor's book Colditz (also known as Colditz: The Definitive History)[4] and the Channel Four television series, Escape from Colditz. It is not claimed to be historically accurate.[5]

It tells the several stories of various, mostly British, prisoners of war in World War II and their attempts to escape Colditz.

As of November 2010, Colditz has been released on DVD[6] and Blu-ray[7] in Region 1 and on DVD in Region 2.[8]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ A DVD review at rottentomatoes.com uses early art which refers to the film as Escape from Colditz. According to searches of the various branches of amazon.com which trade primarily in English products, it doesn't seem to have ever been released to home video under that title in English. However, the translation of the words, Escape from Colditz, is a common release name in non-English markets.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Colditz release dates/alternate names page at the IMDb
  3. ↑ Colditz awards at the IMDb
  4. ↑ BBC NEWS | Entertainment|Colditz drama planned for ITV
  5. ↑ Damian's marriage escape
  6. ↑ amazon.com listing for Colditz on DVD
  7. ↑ amazon.com listing for Colditz on Blu-ray
  8. ↑ amazon.co.uk listing for Colditz on DVD

External links

Works of Peter Morgan
Television
Film
Shorts
Theatre
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