The Birdmen, also known as Escape of the Birdmen and Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen, is a 1971 television film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Doug McClure and René Auberjonois. It was a fictionalized account based on a proposed scheme for prisoners of war to escape from Colditz Castle by a clandestinely constructed glider christened the Colditz Cock. The film appeared on the ABC Movie of the Week on September 18, 1971. The film was shot at Universal Studios Hollywood and released theatrically in several countries.
The Birdmen (1971)
Directed by Philip Leacock
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Abc Movie Of The Week, American Broadcasting Companies, Castle, Colditz, Colditz Castle, Colditz Cock, Escape, Glider, Movie Of The Week, Pow Escape, Prisoner Of War, Universal Studios
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Subject: about nuclear war and weapons
Alternate Titles
A Fuga dos Homens Pássaros
BR
Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen
US
Dans les Griffes des SS
BE, FR
Escape of the Birdmen
GB, US
Fly for livet
NO
Flykten från örnfästet
SE
Fuglemændenes flugt
DK
Fygi apo tin kolasi
GR
In de Klauwen van de Nazi's
BE
Misiunea secretă a maiorului Cook
RO
Operación Braindrain
ES
Operation Braindrain - Codename: Chessboard
EU
Pájaros humanos
ES
Pako hakaristin varjosta
FI
The Birdmen
, US
空中大脱走
JP