11 Feb 2003
Distant Lights
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
The Colditz Story
Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.
Top Billed Cast
John Mills Pat Reid
Eric Portman Colonel Richmond
Frederick Valk Kommandant
Denis Shaw Priem
Lionel Jeffries Harry Tyler
Christopher Rhodes 'Mac' McGill
Richard Wattis Richard Gordon
Ian Carmichael Robin Cartwright
Theodore Bikel Vandy
Eugene Deckers La Tour
Anton Diffring Hauptmann Fischer
Guido Lorraine Polish officer
Witold Sikorski Polish Officer
A. Blichewicz Polish Officer
B. Dolinski Polish Officer
Leo Bieber German Interpreter
Rudolph Offenbach Dutch Colonel
Keith Pyott French Colonel
Arthur Butcher Polish Colonel
Carl Duering
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