Von Werra (2002)

Name: Von Werra
Genre: Documentary, War
Released: 2020-08-13T15:13:06+02:00
Rating: 5
Cast: Hardy Krüger, Roy Ward Baker, Adolf Hitler

Documentary | 102 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / War

Duration: 102 minuten

Country: Germany / Switzerland

Directed by: Werner Schweizer

Stars: Hardy Krüger and Roy Ward Baker

IMDb score: 6,4 (28)

Releasedate: 16 January 2002

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Von Werra plot

Franz Baron von Werra was a World War II German fighter pilot. He became world famous during the war, not for his flying achievements, but for being the only German pilot ever to escape from a British POW camp and return to Germany. Von Werra was shot down over England in September 1940 and captured. He escaped almost immediately after his incarceration and after a journey of 7 months he returned to Germany in April 1941. This act made him a hero in Germany and a star in the German propaganda machine. Von Werra did not survive the war, however: 6 months after his spectacular escape, he was shot again, this time with fatal outcome. Von Werra's adventures were filmed in 1956 with the movie: The One that Got Away.