8.0/10 (1522 reviews)
Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders
- Kindle eBooks
Choose from thousands of eBooks
available on your Kindle device.
- Accessories
Shop Our Wide Selection Of
Accessories Online Today!
- 5 Months Free
Choose From 100 Million Songs.
Get Them All In One Place!
- Free Delivery with Prime
Get Free Delivery with Prime.
Shop Mother In Mother Today!
- Kindle eBooks
Search results
Plot. September 5th, 1940, Winchet Hill, Kent, England, a military base. Luftwaffe fighter pilot Franz von Werra was shot down. He ditched his aircraft and soon surrounded by the Tommies. It was during the Battle of Britain. He was captured.
The One That Got Away: Directed by Roy Ward Baker. With Hardy Krüger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe, Terence Alexander. A cocky German fighter pilot is shot down over England in 1940 and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again.
- (2.5K)
- Adventure, Drama, War
- Roy Ward Baker
- 1957-11-22
Nov 7, 2019 · Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only german prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second...
- 111 min
- 111.7K
- thepolicestation
Feb 18, 1996 · The One That Got Away: Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Paul McGann, David Morrissey, Steven Waddington, Simon Burke. An army unit, conducting reconnaissance deep within enemy territory, is disclosed and defeated. Several surviving soldiers desperately run to the border.
- (444)
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Paul Greengrass
- 1996-02-18
A true story of a German fighter pilot who tries to escape from British captivity in World War II. The web page provides three different summaries of the film, as well as some trivia and cast information.
The One That Got Away is a 1957 British biographical war film starring Hardy Krüger and featuring Michael Goodliffe, Jack Gwillim and Alec McCowen.
- 111 min
- 205.8K
- DK Classics
People also ask
Is the one that got away based on a true story?
Who starred in 'the one that got away'?
When was the one that got away written?
What does 'the one that got away' mean?
Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.