The Cowra Breakout

• Movies
• 1984-07-01
• EN
• Released
• 4h 10m
• War - Drama - Action - TV Movie

• 4.5
• 2

Tagline

A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War

Storyline

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.