The Colditz Story is a 1955 British prisoner of war film starring John Mills and Eric Portman and directed by Guy Hamilton.

Later, a British tunnel is making progress until it meets another being dug by the Dutch officers, and a collapse occurs.

Richmond proposes the selection of an escape officer form each nationality to make sure attempts do not interfere with each other.

Richmond concocts an escape plan, which hinges on his impersonation of a feldwebel nicknamed "Franz Josef" for his resemblance to the former Austrian emperor.

The attempt will coincide with a revue being staged in the castle theatre, to which all senior German officers will be invited.

Richmond realises that he will be too conspicuous and asks him to stand down so that the others selected will have a good chance of making the plan work.

Next day, he scales the wire fence surrounding the exercise compound in broad daylight and is shot dead by the guards.

He announces to the assembled and cheering prisoners that Reid and Winslow have successfully crossed into neutral Switzerland.

Ian Carmichael and Richard Wattis, playing two Guards officers, perform a Flanagan and Allen routine, based on the song "Underneath the Arches".