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The Cowra Breakout

War, Drama, Action, TV Movie | 1984-07-01 | Australia

IMDB4.5 / 10

Budget$0

Budget$0

Runtime250 min.

A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War

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.

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