Originally shown on television in two parts, the second of which takes place after WWII. Surviving escapee Major John Dodge (Christopher Reeve) is sent back to Germany by Winston Churchill to capture the Gestapo officer who ordered the machine-gunning of 50 of the captured escapees, in direct defiance of the Geneva convention. Donald Pleasance, one of the "good guys" in the original, plays the Nazi villain in the new version. Filmed in Yugoslavia, Great Escape II: The Untold Story was originally telecast November 6 and 7, 1988. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Manfred Andrae - Col. Von Lindeiner; Derek de Lint - Dr. Thost; Anthony John Denison; Michael Gahr - Goering; Klaus Grunberg - Zacharias; Ulrich Gunther - Rubberneck; Ludwig Haas - Adolf Hitler; Michael Habeck - Bar Owner - Hamburg; Garick Hagon - Major Paul; Judd Hirsch; James Carrol Jordan - Captain Lewis; Ronald Lacey - Winston Churchill; Serge Marquand - French Farmhand; Ian McShane; Sam Miller - Air Reconnaissance Officer; Charles Millot - Bartender - BRNO; Christopher Muncke - M.P. Captain; Christopher Neame - Kiowski; Brian Pettifer - Kirby-Green; Donald Pleasence - Absalon; Ian Redford - Willie; Manning Redwood - General McLaren; Christopher Reeve; Jud Taylor; Ian Tyler - Corporal Campesi; Martin Umbach - Pieber; Bill Wallis - Schatz; Charles Haid; Richard Aylen - Major-General War Crimes Court; Andrew Bicknell - Wings Day; Demeter Bitenc - Non-Com Wermacht - Munich (sic); Ron Donachie - Al Hake; Tony Mathews - Captain Whitely; Peter Dennis - Captain Massey; Geoffrey Beevers - Jim Kitteridge; Sreten Mokrovic - Wielen's Assistant; Damir Saban - Swedish Sailor #1
