IMDb
Original Title
The Cowra Breakout
Status
Released
Production Companies
Original Language
EN
Budget
-
Revenue
-
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.
Director
Phillip Noyce, Chris Noonan
Production Countries
Australia
Spoken Languages
English, Japanese
