
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Four classic war films In ' The Great Escape' (1963) a collection of hardened Allied prisoners are kept in an 'escape-proof' German camp during World War Two Led by the ' Big X' (Richard Attenborough) the men formulate a plan for a mass breakout digging three tunnels Tom Dick & Harry The team behind the escape
Includes:: a near-blind forger of passports (Donald Pleasence) a claustrophobic tunnel-digger (Charles Bronson) & the independent American ' Cooler King' (Steve Mc Queen) With men like that on their side how can they fail? Guy Hamilton's ' Battle of Britain' (1969) looks at how England defended itself from the German aerial onslaught of the summer of 1940 Laurence Olivier plays Sir Hugh Dowding the air chief marshal whose fleet outmanouevres the Luftwaffe despite a numerical disadvantage & those few to whom so many owed so much are portrayed by an all-star cast including Michael Caine Kenneth More & Ralph Richardson Despite its pro-British slant the authenticity of the film's impressive flying sequences was guaranteed by the technical advice of Adolf Galland one of the Nazi's most celebrated World War 2 pilots 'A Bridge Too Far' (1977) is Richard Attenborough's star-studded account of the failed 1944 Arnheim assault Dirk Bogarde James Caan Robert Redford & Sean Connery are among those battling against insurmountable odds
- foul weather bad luck negligence on the part of intelligence officers
- to secure one of the bridges essential to the Allied advance into Germany Gene Hackman Michael Caine & Anthony Hopkins co-star In ' The Bridge at Remagen' (1969) it is March 1945 & the war in Europe is nearly at an end German troops led by Major Kreuger (Robert Vaughn) are ordered to blow up the only bridge left leading into the Rhineland to prevent entry by the allies Meanwhile American US Lieutenant Hartman (George Segal) & his platoon close in on the bridge hoping to put a swift end to the bloody combat Actors Steve Mc Queen James Garner Donald Pleasence David Mc Callum James Coburn Directors Richard Attenborough John Sturges Guy Hamilton John Guillermin Writers James Clavell WR Burnett James Kennaway Wilfred Greatorex William Goldman Producers John Sturges Harry Saltzman Benjamin Fisz Joseph E Levine Richard P Levine Format Box set PALSubtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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