The Cowra Breakout
A Powerful Drama of Men and Ideals at War
Released 1984 • 42 years ago4h 10m1 cast member
- War
- Drama
- Action
- TV Movie
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.
