The Colditz Story is a 1955 British prisoner of war film starring John Mills and Eric Portman and directed by Guy Hamilton. It is based on the 1952 memoir written by Pat Reid, a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, in Germany during the Second World War and who was the Escape Officer for British POWs within the castle.
Cinema release poster
Sir John Mills was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portrayed guileless, wounded war heroes. In 1971, he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ryan's Daughter.
Mills in the 1979 serial Quatermass
Mills (middle) with Alastair Sim and Yvonne Mitchell in Escapade (1955)
Mills handprints from 1985 at Leicester Square, London
The Wick on Richmond Hill in Richmond, Greater London, was the family home for many years.