The Cowra Breakout (1984)
"A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War"
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4.5/10
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4h 10m
War
Drama
Action
TV Movie
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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.