The Great Escaper

6.6
Produced by:
Genres:
Directed by: Oliver Parker
Overview
In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Review (1)
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
This is one of those contemporary, really quite touching, dramas that we won't be able to make for too much longer. It centres around an elderly couple, who have been together for seventy years, and live a semi-independent life in a care home. During a routine chat with their nurses, "Rene" (Glenda ...
Recommendation & Similar
The Longest Day (1962)
Overlord (1975)
The Monuments Men (2014)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Dunkirk (2017)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Operation Mincemeat (2022)
The Big Red One (1980)
Taking Chance (2009)
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Memphis Belle (1990)
Hope and Glory (1987)
Journey's End (2017)
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Codes of War (2025)
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)




























