The Cowra Breakout

07/01/1984

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4hrs 10min

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War

,Drama

,Action

,TV Movie

A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War

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

    Cast

  • Alan David Lee

    Directors

  • Phillip Noyce
  • Chris Noonan
  • George Miller

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Australia

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Japanese