The Cowra Breakout
"A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War"
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.
Genres: Action, Drama, TV Movie, War
Directors: Chris Noonan, Phillip Noyce
Writers: Chris Noonan, Margaret Kelly, Phillip Noyce, Russell Braddon, Sally Gibson
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IMDB: tt0135848