The Great Escape: The True Story of WWII’s Most Daring POW Breakout
Stalag Luft III. Imperial War Museum photo. The Great Escape, a 1963 film starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough, is a classic war movie that dramatizes the daring escape of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) from the German POW camp Stalag Luft III during World War II. While the film takes some creative…