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Colditz
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.
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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.
Cast
David McCallumFlt. Lt. Simon Carter
Bernard HeptonKommandant
Christopher NeameLt. Dick Player
Edward HardwickeCapt. Pat Grant
Peter Penry-JonesP.O. Peter Muir
Jack HedleyLt. Col. John Preston
Dan O'HerlihyLt. Col. Max Dodd
Jim NortonCapt. James Porteous
Henri SzepsDe Croissat · Capt. Henri Lefevre
Geoffrey PalmerDoc
Sebastian Graham JonesCapt. Walsh
Donald TandySenior French Officer
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Gertan KlauberGerman Radio Announcer (voice) · Korporal Henneberg
Joanna DavidCathy Carter
Michael HardingSenior Dutch Officer
Werner AbrolatGerman Farmer
Leonard FentonUnterfeldwebel Ernst Krueger
Ed BishopLt. Col. Harrity
Michael GwynnStandardtenführer Hessler
George MikellCol. Cybulski
Dennis WatermanRichtman
Prentis HancockLt. Ian McDonald
Ray SmithHans Hugenberg
Edward UnderdownCol. Mansell
Edward KelseyFrench Doctor
Richard HefferCapt. Tim Downing
Geoffrey ToonePresident of the Court
John SnaggeBritish Radio Announcer (voice)
Roy BoydDougal MacLean
Richard EdenPole
Michael BryantW / Cdr George Marsh
Mark McManusLt. Cameron
Anthony ValentineMajor Horst Mohn
Leo BrittLutz
Hans MeyerHauptmann Franz Ulmann
John RinghamMajor Dalby
Jeremy KempSq. Ldr. Tony Shaw
Robert WagnerMajor Phil Carrington
Nigel StockGestapo Officer One
Michael GoughMajor Schaeffer
Ralph MichaelBauman
Jonathan LynnBergman
Ian McCullochLarry Page
Ray BarrettFlt. Lt. Jack Collins
Bernard KayHartwig
Michael EnsignLt. Dave Olding
Patrick TroughtonPadre
Sean ArnoldVolkssturm
John SavidentCapt. Meegeren
David KingObergruppenfuhrer Berger
Michael SheardKommandant
George PravdaGen. János Ustasy
Noel JohnsonDevenish
Peter SprouleGerman Corporal
Peter BarkworthBrauner
John BryansGerman Guard
James GreeneAdjutant
Ronald LaceyMajor Zibnek
Terrence HardimanGestapo Officer Two
Michael ElwynPalmer
Oscar QuitakKommandant Esslin
Peter WhitakerDoctor
Stuart FellLt. Beausire
John NightingaleCapt. De L'Aubenque
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