Movie
The Cowra Breakout
1984 · War / Drama / Action / TV Movie · 4h 10m 6.0
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.
- Directors
- Phillip Noyce,Chris Noonan
- Producer
- George Miller
