Colditz

Name: Colditz
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Rating: 7.3
Cast: David McCallum, Bernard Hepton, Christopher Neame, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Penry-Jones

1972

★★★★☆ 7.3/10

📺 2 Seasons

🎬 28 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 60 min/episode

DramaWar & Politics

Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.

Seasons

Season 1

1972 • 15 Episodes

The opening episode takes place in June 1940. Captain Pat Grant (Edward Hardwicke) is captured and taken to a camp where he immediately starts organizing escape activity. After an unsuccessful escape he is sent to Colditz.

Season 2

1974 • 13 Episodes

A new second-in-command is appointed to Colditz, but Major Mohn â€“ a distinguished and much decorated soldier is determined to continue fight the war inside Colditz and Simon Carter whose broken ankle is not mending is prepared to meet him head on, but a psychological battle between them has consequences for the Kommandant and Colonel Preston, who is forced to appoint a new escape officer.