The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
November 5, 1988Release Date
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
November 5, 1988Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Christopher Reeve
Maj. John Dodge
Judd Hirsch
Capt. David Matthews
Tony Denison
Lt. Mike Corey
Charles Haid
Sgt. MacKenzie
Michael Nader
Burchardt
Ian McShane
Roger Bushell
Mijou Kovacs
Marie-Chantal
Derek de Lint
Dr. Thost
Johnny Dennis
Innkeeper
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Absalon
Andrew Bicknell
Wings Day
Martin Umbach
Pieber
Jud Taylor
Director
Paul Wendkos
Director
Manfred Andrae
Col. Von Lindeiner
Karl Knaup
Max Wielen
Walter Halsey Davis
Writer
Karlheinz Lemken
Herr Schmidt
Ron Donachie
Al Hake
Johnny Mandel
Composer
Dietrich Lohmann
Cinematographer
Peter Dennis
Group Capt. Massey
Geoffrey Beevers
Jim Kitteridge
Christopher Cooke
Editor
Paul LaMastra
Editor
Ulrich Günther
Rubberneck
Malcolm Middleton
ProductionDesigner
Dieter Steinbrink
Interrogater
Christopher Neame
Kiowski
Dominic Gould
Jules
Robert Daws
Kidder
Brian Pettifer
Kirby-Green
Ian Redford
Willie
Bill Wallis
Schatz
Klaus Grünberg
Zacharias
Michael Gahr
Goering
Sreten Mokrović
Wielen's Assistant
Duško Valentić
Corporal
Vladimir Bačić
Watchman in Switchyard
Demeter Bitenc
Non-Com Wermacht
Serge Marquand
Farmhand
Ronald Lacey
Winston Churchill
Manning Redwood
Gen. McLaren
Garrick Hagon
Maj. Paul
Ronnie Janot
Hans Gebhardt
Ian Tyler
Cpl. Campesi
James Carroll Jordan
Capt. Lewis
Russell Kilmister
Johnson
Charles Millot
Bartender
Michael Habeck
Bar Owner
Christopher Muncke
MP Captain
Jerzy Rogulski
Soviet Army Colonel
Richard Aylen
Major-General War Crimes Court
Sam Miller
Air Reconnaissance Officer
Damir Šaban
Swedish Sailor
Ivan Jončić
Swedish Sailor
Helena Buljan
Frau Zacharias
Nikola Gec
Cafe Proprietor
Raymond Witch
Churchill's Footman
Tony Mathews
Capt. Whitely
Ludwig Haas
Adolf Hitler
Michael Jaffe
Executive Producer
Branko Lustig
First Assistant Director
Milan Stanisic
Production Supervisor
Dragan Josipovic
Production Manager
Zoran Sudar
Second Assistant Director
Damir Terešak
Location Manager
Ranko Ganic
Location Manager
Rose Tobias Shaw
Casting
Sabine Schroth
Casting
Alexandra Stewart
Casting
Alan Cassie
Set Decoration
Claude Hitchcock
Sound Mixer
Tomislav Fogec
Boom Operator
Dušan Jeričević
Art Direction
Nenad Pečur
Assistant Art Director
Stanislav Dobrina
Set Dresser
Ksenija Jeričević
Costume Designer
Jim Kail
Makeup & Hair
Ivo Ujević
Property Master
Marko Cerovac
Wardrobe Master
Ute Badura
Focus Puller
Uli Kudicke
Camera Operator
Torsten Hauer
Clapper Loader
Alan Greedy
Script Supervisor
Tihomir Marciuš
Gaffer
Drago Ljubić
Key Grip
Mladen Ožbolt
Construction Manager
Dominik Baltic
Transportation Captain
Petar Buntić
Stunt Coordinator
Branko Repalust
Armorer
Nancy Ramey
Production Accountant
Debi Manwiller
Casting Assistant
Suzanne Smith
Casting Assistant
Brian Warner
Special Effects
Marijan Karoglan
Special Effects
Drago Poldrugač
Special Effects
Nada Pinter
Production Coordinator
Christine A. Sacani
Production Coordinator
Nina Zeckovic
Production Secretary
Daniela Kabiljo
Production Secretary
G. Michael Graham
Supervising Sound Editor
Kristi Johns
ADR Editor
Ellen Segal
Music Editor
Details.
Release DateNovember 5, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 58m
Genres
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story is a 1988 American made-for-television action-adventure drama film and a sequel to The Great Escape (1963). It stars Christopher Reeve, Judd Hirsch, Anthony Denison, Ian McShane, Charles Haid and Donald Pleasence in a supporting role (in the 1963 original Pleasence had played Flight-Lieutenant Colin Blythe, "The Forger"). The film was directed by Jud Taylor (in the 1963 original Taylor had played 2nd Lt. Goff). The Great Escape II premiered in two parts on NBC on November 6 and 7, 1988.
The Great Escape II is not a true sequel, as it dramatizes the escape itself, like the original film, but mostly by using the real names of the individuals involved; the original film fictionalized them and used composite characters. The murder of the prisoners is more accurate than in the 1963 original, with the POWs being shot individually or in pairs, but other portions of the film are fictional. It depicts the search for those responsible for the murder of the Allied officers and the subsequent trials. The film features the exploits of Major Johnnie Dodge (played by Christopher Reeve), an American-born British Army officer and cousin of Winston Churchill, and largely follows his journey to freedom after the escape. The second half of the film is based on the postwar investigation into the murders of fifty of the escapees by the Gestapo, conducted by Dodge and two fictional Americans (whereas in fact it was conducted by the Royal Air Force Special Investigation Branch).