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The Colditz Story is a 1955 British prisoner of war film starring John Mills and Eric Portman and directed by Guy Hamilton. It is based on the 1952 memoir written by Pat Reid, a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, in during the Second World War and who was the Escape Officer for British POWs within the castle.
The film was the fourth most popular film at the British box office in 1955. However the film performed poorly at the US box office, like most British war movies of this era.