It is about a 1943 mass escape from a Nazi prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in a Polish town Sagan, today known as Żagań. The Great Escape (1963)Ī classic World War II film, directed by John Sturges loosely based on a memoir by Paul Brickhill. There’s a lot of mystery around the original incident as to what happened after the escape but the filmmakers chose to show it successfully while what actually occurred is anybody’s guess.
It is a dramatized version of the actual 1962 prison escape incident in a maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)Īn American thriller, directed by Don Siegel. The struggle that they go through while attempting and failing escapes forms most of the grit in the film. Together, they keep hatching plans to escape. He befriends Louis Dega, a fellow convict. It is set in 1933 as he is wrongfully convicted of murdering a pimp and sentenced to life imprisonment. It is based on the autobiography of Henri Charrière “Papillon”. This film beautifully portrays the concept of post-prison freedom and how heavy the weight of its emotions is.Īlso Read: Best Motivational Movies of Hollywood Papillon (1973)Ī period drama, directed by Franklin J. The escape is just one of the many integral parts of the film, yet it is the culmination of the events. It is no wonder that this film struck the chord with masses and critics alike!Īndy Dufresne, his sheer patience held him together for 19 years and the very simplicity of his genius escape from the Shawshank State Penitentiary is awe-inspiring.
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