The Colditz Story (1955)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Pat Reid

      John Mills

    • Colonel Richmond

      Eric Portman

    • kommandant

      Frederick Valk

    • Priem

      Denis Shaw

    • Harry Tyler

      Lionel Jeffries

    • "Mac" McGill

      Christopher Rhodes

    • Richard Gordon

      Richard Wattis

    • Robin Cartwright

      Ian Carmichael

    • Jimmy Winslow

      Bryan Forbes

    • Vandy

      Theodore Bikel

    • La Tour

      Eugene Deckers

    • Captain Fischer

      Anton Diffring

    • Polish officer

      Guido Lorraine

    • Polish officer

      Witold Sikorski

    • Polish officer

      A. Blichewicz

    • Polish officer

      B. Dolinski

    • German interpreter

      Leo Bieber

    • Dutch colonel

      Rudolph Offenbach

    • French colonel

      Keith Pyott

    • Polish colonel

      Arthur Butcher

    • Dick

      David Yates

    • British officer

      Douglas Argent

    • British officer

      Terence Brook

    • British officer

      Frank Coburn

    • British officer

      Eric Corrie

    • British officer

      John Corrie

    • British officer

      Anthony Faramus

    • British officer

      Eric Lander

    • British officer

      Kenneth Midwood

    • British officer

      Peter Myers

    • French interpreter

      Claude Le Saché

    • Polish interpreter

      Zygmunt Rewkowski

    • German officer

      Carl Duering

    • Franz Josef

      Ludwik Lawinski

    • Lutyens

      Swannick, Peter

    • German guard

      Heller, John

    • French orderly

      Jean Driant

    • French orderly

      Jean Bacon

    • German soldier

      Frederick Schiller

    • German soldier

      Guy Deghy

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Guy Hamilton

    • 1st Assistant Director

      Peter Manley

    • [Assistant Director (2nd)]

      John D. Merriman

    • [Assistant Director (2nd)]

      Ted Sturgis

    • Continuity

      Barbara Cole

    Production:

    • [Production Company]

      Ivan Foxwell Productions

    • Distributed by

      British Lion Film Corporation

    • Produced by

      Ivan Foxwell

    • Production Manager

      Thomas Clyde

    • Production Supervisor

      Green, F. Sherwin

    • [Production Secretary]

      Marguerite Green

    • Made at

      Shepperton Studios

    Writing:

    • Adaptation and Script by

      Guy Hamilton

    • Adaptation and Script by

      Ivan Foxwell

    • Dialogue by

      Home, William Douglas

    • Based on the novel by

      Reid, P.R.

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Gordon Dines

    • Camera Operator

      Haysom, Hal

    • [Focus Puller]

      Peter Hall

    • [Clapper Loader]

      John Shinerock

    Stills:

    • [Stills]

      Ken Ryan

    Special Effects:

    • [Special processes]

      Wally Veevers

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Peter Mayhew

    • [Assistant Editor]

      Terry Poulton

    • [Assistant Editor]

      Alice Ross

    • [Assistant Editor]

      Pat Holmes

    Design:

    • Art Director

      Vetchinsky

    • Assistant Art Director

      Elven Webb

    • [Draughtsman]

      Alan Harris

    • [Draughtsman]

      Edward Marshall

    • [Draughtsman]

      Stan Adam

    Costumes:

    • Wardrobe

      Bill Walsh

    Make-up:

    • Make-up

      Eric Carter

    • Hairdressing

      Gordon Bond

    Music:

    • Music Composed and Conducted by

      Francis Chagrin

    • [Music] Played by

      The Goldsborough Orchestra

    Sound:

    • Sound Recordist

      Bert Ross

    • Sound Recordist

      Red Law

    • Sound System

      Western Electric

    • Sound Editor

      Mary Habberfield

    • Sound Editor

      Terry Poulton

    Consultant:

    • Technical Adviser

      Reid M.b.e., M.C., Major P.R.