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The Wooden Horse is a 1950 British World War II war film directed by Jack Lee and starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Anthony Steel. It is based on the book of the same name by Eric Williams, who also wrote the screenplay. [2] The film depicts the true events of an escape attempt made by POWs in the German prison camp Stalag Luft III.
A 1950 war film based on a true story of three British prisoners of war who devise a clever way to tunnel out of a Nazi camp. The film features Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel and other actors, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award.
Eric Williams MC (13 July 1911 – 24 December 1983) was an English writer and former Second World War RAF pilot and prisoner of war (POW) who wrote several books dealing with his escapes from prisoner-of-war camps, most famously in his 1949 novel The Wooden Horse, made into a 1950 movie of the same name .
Jun 7, 2021 · One British officer has the idea of starting a daily gymnastics routine using a vaulting horse: they can place it near the boundary and start a tunnel from under it. He and two others do escape the camp by this means and plan to make for neutral Sweden.
Oct 7, 2014 · The Wooden Horse Trailer 1950 Director: Jack Lee Starring: Anthony Steel, Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, David Greene, Peter Burton, Official Content From HBO Video True account of World War II...
In a POW camp, the Nazis have placed the huts far from the boundary so that any escape tunnel would have to be a long one. One British officer has the idea of starting a daily gymnastics routine using a vaulting horse: they can place it near the boundary and start a tunnel from under it.
A true story of three British POWs who escape from Nazi Germany using a vaulting horse as a cover. Find out how they plan to reach neutral Sweden and what challenges they face along the way.
