The One That Got Away

This is the dramatic true story of Franz Von Werra, the only German Prisoner-of-war in Britain to escape and return to his homeland. During the Battle of Britain, his Plane is hit and it plunges down onto British soil. Even though the pilot is captured, he is extremely confident and focused on his plan – to escape and return home against all odds., Fascinating dramatisation of the exploits of German flier Franz Von Werra, played by Hardy Kruger, who was the only prisoner-of-war captured in WWII Britain to escape and get back to Germany., True story of a World War II Luftwaffe pilot captured by the British and his stubborn determination to escape, despite the odds being against him. The arrogant German flyer boasts to his guards that he will escape, and, after two failed attempts, is transferred to Canada. En route to Montreal he makes one more bid for freedom., (1957) The true story of the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain who managed to escape and get back to Germany. Roy Baker’s film gave German actor Hardy Kruger his first role in a British film as Oberleutnant Franz von Werra of the Luftwaffe, captured when he crashed his Messerschmitt in 1940. Taken before an interrogating officer, he bet a magnum of champagne against ten cigarettes that he would escape in six months and made two audacious attempts to get away, succeeding at the third when, as part of a group of prisoners being transferred to Canada, he fled from a train and crossed the St Lawrence River into the then neutral United States. The real von Werra eventually reached Germany, returned to flying, and was credited with downing eight more planes before being killed in action., Fascinating dramatisation of the exploits of German pilot Franz Von Werra, played by Hardy Kruger. After his capture, Werra vowed that he would manage to escape. Following two unsuccessful attempts, he became the only prisoner-of-war captured in WW2 Britain to escape and get back to Germany., Account of a German POW’s escape during World War II. Hardy Kruger. Interrogator: Colin Gordon. Intelligence Officer: Terence Alexander. Roy Ward Baker directed., The title character in this fact-based POW drama is Franz von Werra, played by Hardy Kruger. Shot down early in the war, Luftwaffe pilot von Werra is incarcerated in an English prison camp. He refuses to submit to camp routine, insisting that he’s on the brink of escaping. After two failed attempts, von Werra is transferred to a camp in Montreal. If you want to know what happens next, take a squint at the title. If you want to know how he does it and why he gets away with it, catch the film. One That Got Away was based on a novel by Kendal Burt and James Leasor.