STORY
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.
CAST & CREW
- Alan David Lee
Cast
- Phillip Noyce
- Chris Noonan
- George Miller
Directors
INFORMATION
Production Companies
- Australia
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- English
- Japanese