The Cowra Breakout

In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.

Regie

Chris Noonan

Regie

Phillip Noyce

Novela

Russell Braddon

Drehbuch

Sally Gibson

Status

Beendet

Erstausstrahlung

16/04/1985

Originalsprache

Englisch