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The film is based on a true story. "Albert R.N." was a dummy constructed in Marlag O, the prisoner of war camp in northern Germany for naval officers.
Mar 18, 2024 · It’s based on real events that happened at the Marlog O camp in northern Germany where the prisoners created a collapsible dummy they used to fool the guards’ headcounts while one of their numbers made an escape attempt.
The film is based on a true story. "Albert R.N." was a dummy constructed in Marlag O, the prisoner of war camp in northern Germany for naval officers.
Article describes the authentic case of Albert R.N., a puppet soldier that helped many English, American, and Canadian POW escape from a prison camp in Germany during WWII. Film.
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Sep 7, 2010 · In 1953 a highly fictionalised version of the episode was made into a film, Albert RN, but Bentley-Buckle’s true wartime adventures, behind enemy lines in Italy and Yugoslavia, were even stranger than fiction.
A classic British Prisoner of War tale, based on a true story. Albert RN was a dummy constructed by John Worsley (1919 - 2000) in Marlag O, a prisoner of war camp in northern Germany for naval officers. It was used as stand in for a head count while a prisoner escaped. Filmed in 1953, starring Jack. £13.00.
Sep 22, 2024 · The film is based on a true story. "Albert R.N. " was a dummy constructed in Marlag O , the prisoner of war camp in northern Germany for naval officers. The head was sculpted by war artist John Worsley (1919 – 2000), the body by Lieutenant Bob Staines RNVR, and Lieutenant-Commander Tony Bentley-Buckle devised a mechanism enabling Albert's ...
