The Cowra Breakout (1984)

"A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War"

6.0 July 1, 1984 4h 10m Released

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.