Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

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During World War I Major Errol Phipps is determined to escape from Stalag Luft 112B but his attempts all fail. However all the other prisoners and the guards succeed, leaving him alone in the camp to make elaborate plans - including a tunnel system so extensive it becomes the Munich Underground. He is so obsessed with his escape plans he fails to realize that the war has ended and dies a disappointed man. He does however manage to escape from his grave after he has been buried though.

Country:
Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

30 minutes

Year:

1977

Director:

Jim Franklin

Cast:
Michael Palin

Major Errol Phipps

Roy Kinnear

Vogel

Timothy Carlton

Nicholson

John Phillips

Colonel Harcourt Badger Owen

David Griffin

Attenborough

Crew:
Jim Franklin

Director

Michael Palin

Writer

William Walton

Theme Song Performance

Terry Jones

Writer

John Jarvis

Editor