What's the best WWII POW camp movie?

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Garioshi
05/11/2024
10:51 AM
#1
There are no other movies in this genre because I have not seen them
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mazingetter
05/11/2024
11:11 AM
#2
Empire of the Sun
Escape to Victory

Bishop_Hastur
05/11/2024
11:18 AM
#3
You should check out Von Ryan's Express.
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furb
05/11/2024
11:22 AM
#4
Bridge

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Garioshi
05/11/2024
02:10 PM
#5
Bishop_Hastur posted...
You should check out Von Ryan's Express.
Noted!
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ironman2009
05/11/2024
02:25 PM
#6
the great escape is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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KFHEWUI
05/11/2024
02:28 PM
#7
If you like Hogan's Heroes, The Password is Courage is pretty much the precursor to it.

It is never been stated if HH was inspired by The Password is Courage, but the show definitely takes some inspiration from it even Hogan's outfit is similar to Charles Coward.
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B18Champ
05/11/2024
02:30 PM
#8
The POW camp in Great Escape literally looked like a five-star hotel. All the prisoners were super clean and their clothes had no dust or dirt. BOTRK was much more gritty and realistic.

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Crayon_Lover
05/11/2024
02:32 PM
#9
B18Champ posted...
BOTRK was much more gritty and realistic
I found out today that that my grandfather (who is dead now but fought in the Pacific in WWII) hated that movie because of how unrealistic it was.
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05/11/2024
12:02 PM
#10
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Garioshi
05/11/2024
02:49 PM
#11
Crayon_Lover posted...
I found out today that that my grandfather (who is dead now but fought in the Pacific in WWII) hated that movie because of how unrealistic it was.
Yeah, nobody in that camp was a collaborator. They were sabotaging the bridge in any way they could pretty much to a man.
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Shotgunnova
05/11/2024
03:06 PM
#12
Of those three, I'd rank 'em:

1) Bridge on the River Kwai
2) Stalag 17
3) The Great Escape

BOTRK is one of my all-time faves, definitely.
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And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame
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