The Cowra Breakout
The Cowra Breakout

The Cowra Breakout

The Cowra Breakout

A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War

Release date : 1984-07-01

Production country :

Australia

Production company :

Status : Released

Durasi : 250 Min.

Popularity : 0.071

4.5

Total Vote : 2

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.