Colditz - 1972-74 Tv series

[TheHeretic]

Still bloody good, 30 years on. Some slightly hammy acting at times, but you keep the tension, and the excitement all the way through to the end. Still disappointing not to see the glider fly, despite knowing it never did!

Another fans? Loved WWII escape films since the Great Escape many moons ago. Since then, lots have passed my way, but Colditz is still my favorite thing to watch, even higher than TGE. The Wooden Horse, Stalag 17, etc, all superb.

Any more for any more? Might be some gems I've missed.

[cjs]

You forgot the best, Escape To Victory! Was on TV this weekend. Great acting and a true story.

[TheHeretic]

cjs said:

You forgot the best, Escape To Victory! Was on TV this weekend. Great acting and a true story.

A true story? You mean Bobby Moore, Pele, etc, were all actually locked up in a POW camp, and had to play a game of football in order to attempt an escape!

I've watched that many times, but I may have to watch it again now!

[clonmult]

cjs said:

You forgot the best, Escape To Victory! Was on TV this weekend. Great acting and a true story.

Only caught a bit of that over the weekend, but yup - great film.

Never realised that its a remake, and loosely based on real events - if wikipedia is to be believed.

[TheHeretic]

A remake? Are you talking about the Stallone version, or another one?

[clonmult]

TheHeretic said:

A remake? Are you talking about the Stallone version, or another one?

The Stallone version is based on :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A9t_f%C3%A9lid%C...

Which in turn is based on (the real life events) :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_Match

[Whitester]

Man, I love Colditz. It was being played on Yesterday last year, came downstairs to see my Dad watching it. Looked good, so I watched the whole series. I watch loads of old stuff like this, me mates all think I'm sad and was "born in the wrong decade", they don't know what they're missing out on!

[Nimbus]

TheHeretic said:

Any more for any more? Might be some gems I've missed.

have you watched the original BBC series 'Secret Army' ?

3 series of class in my opinion, available from ebay/amazon or via various torrents, tho the 3rd series is a bit harder to find.

I've just treated myself to the boxed set of Kessler, the spin off, hoping its in the same vein.