The Cowra Breakout

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.

Réalisation

Chris Noonan

Réalisation

Phillip Noyce

Novela

Russell Braddon

Scénario

Sally Gibson

Statut

Terminée

Première diffusion

16/04/1985

Langue originale

Anglais