Gesprengte Ketten – Die Rache der Opfer (TV Movie 1988)
62KGesprengte Ketten – Die Rache der Opfer: Directed by Jud Taylor, Paul Wendkos. With Christopher Reeve, Judd Hirsch, Tony Denison, Charles Haid. Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.
“The issue with this u0026quot;true storyu0026quot; is that it was a made for America TV film, as a follow up to a cinema film that had already been twisted to add an American interest. By the time you get to the stage of this film itu0026#39;s very difficult to make for an audience who will have very little connection to the real story – i.e. that 76 predominantly European or Commonwealth service men escaped from a PoW camp, 73 were re-captured and under direct orders from Hitler 50 were executed in ones and twos by SS and Gestapo henchmen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film itself, if it didnu0026#39;t have the silly u0026quot;untold storyu0026quot; tag, would be passable TV fare. The investigation, the depiction of the nature of the murders (i.e. individuals rather than the 50 in a field as per the original) are realistic whilst not necessarily being true. The fact it plays loose with who did the investigating and what actually happened is only an issue if you are looking for the true story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf youu0026#39;re looking for a film about war crimes and investigating them, then as TV movies go this is OK. If youu0026#39;re looking for the real u0026quot;untold storyu0026quot; then donu0026#39;t believe everything you see in this production.”