Film
The Cowra Breakout
1984Directed by Chris Noonan, Phillip Noyce
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- Released
- Runtime
- 4h 10m
About The Cowra Breakout
- War
- Drama
- Action
- TV Movie
Synopsis
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.
- Directors
- Chris Noonan
- Phillip Noyce
