The Cowra Breakout

1984 | 4 h 10mins |U/A 13+| War | Drama | Action | TV Movie

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.

Starring: Alan David Lee ,