The Cowra Breakout
“A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War”
6.0/ 10 3 votes 1984-07-01 4h 10m 1 popularity
In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.
Director: Phillip Noyce
Alan David Lee
Stan Davidson